Our concerns
Rapid transmission
Reducing the spread of COVID-19 remains a priority. Concerns remain high in the northern, north-central and eastern parts of the country, where large numbers of displaced people are located.
Rapid transmission
Reducing the spread of COVID-19 remains a priority. Concerns remain high in the northern, north-central and eastern parts of the country, where large numbers of displaced people are located.
Supporting health authorities
In Bobo-Dioulasso, the country’s second-biggest city, we started a six-week, one-off support to local health authorities in one of the city’s community treatment centres. The team ended their work at the end of February, but the oxygen machine remains in place for the patients in need.
Community education
In the areas of concern, we have adapted triage and infection prevention and control measures in the health facilities we support. We have set up isolation units and trained staff in prevention and treatment. Within our projects, our teams are still providing awareness sessions to the communities.
Prior to MSF’s departure from Burkina Faso, staff established an emergency program to meet the healthcare needs of Malians fleeing violence and attacks in their home country in February 2012. The team provided basic healthcare consultations, vaccinations (primarily for tetanus and measles) and referrals to the hospital in Dori.
MSF returned to Burkina Faso after an absence of just over two years to support the Ministry of Health during a dengue epidemic.