This study took place between August and October 2017 within 5 study sites in Niger, Senegal, and Burkina Faso.
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This is the first issue of the bi-monthly USAID’s Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic in Burkina Faso newsletter. The newsletter contains information on how USAID and its implementing partners are helping to strengthen Burkina Faso’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
This technical brief discusses Pathfinder’s experience in Burkina Faso, implementing a project to reach young married women, first-time parents, and their key influencers, for healthy timing and spacing of pregnancy through contraceptive use.
In Burkina Faso, the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a variety of reactions among some Ouagadougou residents that have complicated efforts for a timely response. Hesitancy to get tested, avoiding contact tracers, or wariness of what the neighbors will say are some of these reactions.
Launched in 2016, (re)solve is a four-year project funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. It is led by Pathfinder International in partnership with Camber Collective, The International Center for Women, and ideas42, and is active in Bangladesh, Burkina Faso, and Ethiopia.
This brief describes a project launched in April 2018 by the the Evidence to Action (E2A) Project and Pathfinder International Burkina Faso for young first-time parents (FTPs) in the Fada and Diapaga districts in the Eastern Region of Burkina Faso. The full report is here.
L’ampleur de la pandémie du COVID-19 constitue une menace réelle pour les populations de l’Afrique de l’Ouest francophone comme pour les systèmes de santé et les économies des pays membres du Partenariat de Ouagadougou.
These four posters address pregnant women, nursing women, and couples with advice from the Ministry of Health about how to keep oneself safe from infection. Click on each poster to see it larger.
Bien que l’utilisation de la planification familiale augmente dans la majorité des pays en développement, l’Afrique de l’Ouest reste à la traîne. Les taux de fécondité dans les pays francophones de la région restent élevés avec une moyenne de 5,4 enfants par femme. Ils ont par conséquent la croissance démographique la plus rapide au monde (2,96%).
La planification familiale a plus de succès lorsque les clients ont le choix entre différentes méthodes et différents sites de prestation de services.
