Burkina Faso News News Burkina Faso » Health: Only 30% of clinics in Burkina Faso offer full adolescent reproductive health care, study finds
A survey of 152 primary healthcare facilities in two regions of Burkina Faso finds that only 30.3 percent offer the full range of adolescent sexual and reproductive health services, with rural clinics ...
News Burkina Faso » Health: Health Systems Insight Burkina Faso
The Nature Index tracks primary research articles from 178 applied, health, natural and social sciences journals, across many different publishers, chosen by an independent group of researchers. The ...
News Burkina Faso » Health: Crisis in Burkina Faso: What you need to know and how you can help
Located in Africa's Sahel region, Burkina Faso is currently grappling with one of the world’s fastest growing displacement crises. Notably, it holds the fourth position on the IRC's 2024 Watchlist, an ...
News Burkina Faso » Health: Radio-Delivered Health Information Saves Lives in Burkina Faso
OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso — A health information campaign broadcast on seven radio stations in Burkina Faso between 2012–2015 helped to reduce child mortality due to diarrhea, malaria or pneumonia in ...
News Burkina Faso » Health: Simple radio message saved thousands of children, studies say
A radio campaign provided information to parents on what to do if children developed diarrhea, malaria or pneumonia The number of consultations at primary health centers increased dramatically where ...
News Burkina Faso » Health: Burkina Faso: President commits to lifting financial barriers to maternal health in a meeting with Amnesty International
The President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, has committed to lifting all financial barriers to emergency obstetric care and access to family planning, as part of a strategy to fight maternal ...
News Burkina Faso » Health: Surging violence in Burkina Faso threatens women’s access to health care
KAYA, Burkina Faso — Ramata Sawadogo was eight weeks pregnant when she was chased from her home by gunmen in May of last year. The 30-year-old spent the next few months running from village to village ...
News Burkina Faso » Health: Burkina-Faso: WHO supports the Ministry of Health in the proper use of medicines for Safe Interruption of Pregnancy Permitted by National Laws
The Ministry of Health of Burkina Faso is working to improve access to quality sexual and reproductive health services by operationalizing the Policies, Standards, and Protocols (PNP) recently updated ...
News Burkina Faso » Health: Using malaria resources to strengthen health systems in Burkina Faso
Millions of dollars are poured into fighting malaria in Burkina Faso while other diseases remain neglected. If malaria can be successfully tackled, funds could then go to other parts of the fragile ...
News Burkina Faso » Health: In Burkina Faso, COVID-19 fight complicated by war, displacement
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso – Just like much of the rest of the world, the coronavirus pandemic is about to upend daily life in Burkina Faso. Starting on Monday, all schools and universities in the West ...
News Burkina Faso » Health: Health under attack: WHO response in Burkina Faso
Armed violence. Drought. Floods. In Burkina Faso, these three factors have forced nearly half a million people – three-quarters of whom are women and children – to flee their homes and seek refuge in ...