Burkina Faso is among two countries with fresh reports of Polio
According to the most recent weekly bulletin from the Global Polio Eradication Initiative (GPEI), the number of polio cases increased in two African nations this week: Burkina Faso and Chad. The two countries reported instances of circulating vaccine-derived poliovirus 2 (cVDPV2) that was reported to be circulating. Burkina Faso has reported...
Read moreDigital diagnostics in Burkina Faso and other African nations gets a boost with NIHR funding
Researchers working at the Imperial College in London along with 13 cooperating institutions in Africa, which includes Burkina Faso, have been given a 3 million pound funding by the National Institute of Health Research as a part of the Global Health Research Group program. The grant will allow the GHRG...
Read moreNew data indicates COVID-19 infections highly underreported in Burkina Faso and other West African countries
Covid-19 has been underreported in West Africa, based on blood tests that determine how many people have been previously infected. Sero-positivity statistics given at a web seminar conducted by the University of Ghana’s West African Centre for Cell Biology of Infectious Pathogens on Wednesday show that nearly 80% of people...
Read moreExtremist violence in Burkina Faso is putting hospitals under a lot of strain.
Dr. Ismael Konfe believes he won’t have room for more extremely malnourished babies in a few weeks. Burkina Faso’s major hospital is one of a dwindling number that can treat malnourished youngsters in the Sahel. Escalating Islamist extremist terrorism is closing health centers and making it harder to receive aid....
Read moreBurkina Faso football team allege COVID-19 scandal in AFCON competition.
Following five positive COVID-19 antigen test results, Burkina Faso have sent a letter of protest to the African Football Confederation (CAF) in advance of their Africa Cup of Nations opening against Cameroon. Bertrand Traore, the Burkina Faso Football Federation’s (FBF) captain, has referred to the scenario as a “scandal” and has...
Read moreHealth Tech Platform launched in Burkina Faso today
On 6th June, 2022, Burkina Faso’s Minister of Research, Professor Ouattara Frederic launched the Health Tech Platform in the country. This move serves as a part of the country’s initiative to digitalize health care so as to better serve its citizens. Sub-Saharan Africa is covered under the Health Tech Platform,...
Read moreWater Engineer in Burkina Faso tries the impossible faced with COVID-19.
Huguette Yago is in charge of ensuring that 3,500 displaced individuals at the Pissila camp in Burkina Faso’s north-central region have access to water and sanitation facilities, as well as conducting hygiene education sessions. She’s up against a mountainous obstacle in the face of the escalating COVID-19 pandemic: a scarcity of...
Read more7.34% of Burkina Faso citizens are completely vaccinated against COVID-19, a commendable achievement for a country short on resources.
This Thursday, June 2, 2022, in Ziniaré, the Ministry of Health held a training and awareness session for health journalists on COVID-19, specifically on the disease progression and vaccination against such a pandemic. A year after the anti-covid-19 vaccine was first introduced in Burkina Faso, the Ministry of Health reports that...
Read moreHere are Burkina-Faso’s COVID-19 statistics as of 3rd June, 2022
The country of Burkina Faso has managed to do moderately well in the face of COVID-19 that hit the world in 2019 end. Here are the up-to-date statistics for Burkina Faso as of today. Ever since the coronavirus pandemic began, there have been 20,899 infections, leading to 384 Coronavirus-related deaths...
Read moreEuropean Union grants $5 million for food-aid in Burkina Faso
The United Nations World Food Program (WFP) announced on Monday that the European Union has given EUR 5 million to assist in providing life-saving food aid to 1.6 million people in Burkina Faso who are unable to meet their basic nutritional requirements owing to war, climate change, and the...
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