CUAMM’s return to Burkina Faso
In 2025, CUAMM began a phase of exploration and in-depth understanding of the local context, meeting with local authorities and laying the foundations for an established presence in the country. This process marks CUAMM’s return to Burkina Faso following its first intervention in the 1980s.
Prevention, diagnosis and care
The 36-month initiative will be based primarily at the Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Bogodogo, a facility serving approximately 500,000 people in the capital, Ouagadougou. The intervention will focus on the prevention and treatment of viral hepatitis B and C, which affect 10% and 3% of the population respectively.
Diagnosis, training and patient support
Diagnostic capacity will be strengthened through the provision of reagents and advanced equipment, using a gradual approach designed to ensure the facility’s long-term sustainability. Since barriers to accessing healthcare are not only financial, the intervention will also include psychological support and awareness-raising programmes to address the social stigma that still affects people who test positive.
Our objectives in Burkina Faso
25.000
patients to be reached
238
healthcare workers to be trained
300
Children treated for severe acute malnutrition