Burkina Faso
Having first worked there in 1995, MSF closed its projects in Burkina Faso in 2015. We returned in October 2017 to support the Ministry of Health during a dengue epidemic.
MSF teams supported four health centres and the infectious diseases department at Ouagadougou’s university hospital during the dengue epidemic that was declared in the central region of Burkina Faso on 28 September 2017.
We visited other health structures and worked with Burkinabe medical personnel to improve detection and treatment, and monitor how the epidemic was progressing.
We also organised community awareness-raising activities to encourage people to seek medical care if they showed symptoms of dengue, and to explain the importance of vector control in their homes.
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HIV/AIDS
HIV response in West and Central Africa will not succeed if key barriers remain unaddressed
Press Release
3 Jul 2017
Mediterranean migration
Testimonials from refugees rescued by MSF SAR operations
Voices from the Field
11 Nov 2015
Journal article
Paediatric Pharmacovigilance: Use of Pharmacovigilance Data Mining Algorithms for Signal Detection in a Safety Dataset of a Paediatric Clinical Study Conducted in Seven African Countries
1 May 2014
Journal article
Mali
Emergency medical needs continue
Project Update
12 Mar 2013
Burkina Faso
MSF to support roll-out of promising new vaccine for meningitis
Press Release
6 Dec 2010
Nigeria
MSF Frontline Reports September 2009
Project Update
7 Oct 2009