Burkina Faso News News Burkina Faso » Health: Chinese medical team donates supplies to Burkina Faso hospital
The 17th batch of the Chinese medical team to Burkina Faso has donated a batch of medical supplies to the Tengandogo University Hospital Center to improve local healthcare services. Chinese Ambassador ...
News Burkina Faso » Health: Building Resilience, Not Dependence: Burkina Faso Redesigns Social Protection
The World Bank has approved a five-year, $120 million project aimed at expanding economic opportunities for vulnerable households and strengthening Burkina Faso’s social protection system. Building on ...
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: 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: As displacement spikes in Burkina Faso, IRC assessment finds risk of growing health crisis
Renewed violence in Burkina Faso since July 2019 has brought the total number of displaced people to almost half a million, including over 200,000 children An IRC assessment found evidence of reduced ...
News Burkina Faso » Health: Burkina Faso makes emergency medical care mandatory
Burkina Faso’s Ministry of Health has issued a firm reminder that any patient arriving at an emergency department must be admitted, evaluated, and treated without discrimination, regardless of any ...
News Burkina Faso » Health: The spirits, the marabouts and the 11 psychiatrists in Burkina Faso
An interesting conversation took place in the Beneb Souka Hotel in Koudougou, Burkina Faso, in August last year. It happened over fried sides of a fish known here as Capitaine, elsewhere as Nile perch ...
News Burkina Faso » Health: Burkina Faso: World Bank Approves Additional Financing to Improve Reproductive Health and Education for Women and Girls in the Sixth African Sahel Country
WASHINGTON, April 23, 2015 – The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors today approved a US$23.2 credit and US$11.6 grant for women and adolescent girls’ empowerment to expand their access to ...
News Burkina Faso » Health: Burkina Faso: Additional Financing to Strengthen Reproductive Health Services
WASHINGTON, March 15, 2016 – The World Bank Board of Directors today approved an additional financing of US$35 million grant to strengthen ongoing activities under the Reproductive Health Project in ...