Reports

OUAGADOUGOU, 7 February 2008 (IRIN) - Epidemic levels of the bacterial infection meningitis have now reached two districts in Burkina Faso, Gaoua in the southwest, 30 km from the Ghana border, and Mandogara, just 20 km from the Cote…

Dakar, 7 February 2008: The United Nations have allocated more than $20 million to four underfunded crises in West Africa to address immediate humanitarian needs. This amount was disbursed from the United Nations Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) created…

OUAGADOUGOU, 6 février 2008 (IRIN) - Alors que les experts redoutent une épidémie majeure de méningite en Afrique cette année, l'infection bactérienne a franchi le seuil épidémique dans certaines régions du Burkina Faso. « Malgré les efforts fournis par le…

Abnormal price increases for all cereals on one of West Africa's main wholesale markets in Nigeria in late 2007, and high cereals prices on international markets have raised concern that households in the region could face elevated levels of…

Thousands of girls in Burkina Faso who would normally never have the chance to go to school are receiving an education thanks to an innovative programme led by Plan. The BRIGHT project - Burkinabé Response to Improve Girls Chances to…

Each week, the World Health Organization Health Action in Crises in Geneva produces information highlights on critical health-related activities in countries where there are humanitarian crises. Drawing on the various WHO programmes, contributions cover activities from field and country offices…

[Cet article ne reflète pas nécessairement les vues des Nations Unies] OUAGADOUGOU, 1 février 2008 (IRIN) - Plusieurs firmes pharmaceutiques se sont engagées à fournir au Burkina Faso des lots de médicaments d'une valeur de quelque 450 millions de dollars américains…

OUAGADOUGOU, 1 February 2008 (IRIN) - Amid warnings of a major meningitis outbreak in Africa this year, epidemic levels of the bacterial infection have broken out in parts of Burkina Faso. "Despite the efforts of the government and its partners in…

- La situation alimentaire se caractérise par une disponibilité moyenne des céréales aussi bien sur les marchés que dans la plupart des ménages agricoles non– affectées par les chocs. Cette situation est due au faite que…

OUAGADOUGOU, 30 January 2008 (IRIN) The nationwide programme takes on five of what the World Health Organization (WHO) calls "neglected tropical diseases" or NTDs - lymphatic filiariasis, onchocerciasis, schistosomiasis, trachoma and intestinal worms. While Burkina Faso has run programmes over the…