A photo recap of the presentation of the results of the initiatives to optimize the national policy on free health care.
RESADE at the Second Annual Meeting of the IMARISHA Project
RESADE at the Second Annual Meeting of the IMARISHA Project The research team leading the IMARISHA project at RESADE participated in the second annual meeting of the IMARISHA project, held August 10–15, 2026, in Zanzibar, Tanzania “Strengthening Primary Health Care by Addressing Gendered Workplace Violence.” This meeting brought together all the consortium partners: UNU-IIGH (Malaysia), […]
Presentation of the Results of Evaluations of Initiatives to Optimize the National Policy on Free Healthcare in Burkina Faso
Results Presentation Workshop, July 23–24, 2026 · Ministry of Health / ST-RFS · with support from the Gates Foundation. Background on Free Healthcare On March 2, 2016, the Council of Ministers introduced five measures providing free services for women and children under the age of five: pediatric care, childbirth, cesarean sections, prenatal care, and screening […]
Fifth assessment of the EDM: significant progress, persistent challenges
On May 26, 2026, RESADE organized a workshop in Ouagadougou to review the results of the final phase of the Minimal Digital Ecosystem (EDM) evaluation. Actors from the Ministry of Health and technical and financial partners discussed the achievements and challenges of this initiative to digitalize primary healthcare in Burkina Faso. Date: May 26, 2026 […]
FONAFIS 2026 – A roadmap for implementing the recommendations
From March 25 to 27, 2026, under the very high patronage of His Excellency the President of Faso, the National Forum on Health Financing (FONAFIS) brought together all players in the sector for an inclusive and structured dialogue. At the end of the proceedings, His Excellency the Prime Minister, representing the Head of State, put […]
RESADE at the National Forum on Health Financing.
Opening ceremony of the National Forum on Health Financing (FONAFIS)
The National Forum on Health Financing (FONAFIS 2026) officially opened its doors on March 25 in Ouagadougou, under the patronage of Prime Minister Jean Emmanuel Ouédraogo, representing the Head of State. Under the theme “Building an efficient and equitable Health Financing system for health sovereignty”, this major event brought together over 400 participants: national and […]
Review workshop on policies to combat gender-based violence in the workplace
As part of the implementation of Imarisha (gender-based violence in the workplace) activities, RESADE took part in a policy review workshop in Cape Town from October 6 to 10. The workshop was attended by stakeholders from the consortium’s three countries, Burkina Faso, Tanzania and South Africa. Mainly attended by doctoral students involved in the project, […]
Report on the workshop to present the results of the 4th evaluation survey of the minimal digital ecosystem (EDM)
Under the leadership of the Secrétariat Technique des Reformes sur le Financement de la Santé, a workshop was organized on Thursday, October 16, 2025 in Ouagadougou to enable RESADE to restitute the results of the fourth EDM evaluation survey to stakeholders and gather their amendments. This meeting, held in hybrid mode (face-to-face and online), was […]
EDM results coffee debate in the columns of Le Quotidien
Café debate on the results of the minimal digital ecosystem assessment
Since September 2023, RESADE has been evaluating the Minimal Digital Ecosystem deployed in the pilot phase in the Ziniaré and Ténado health districts. On September 19, 2025, the structure organized a café-débate on the main results of the evaluation carried out over the past two years. The workshop, held in Ouagadougou, brought together players from […]
Burkina Faso Health Financing Forum: Key points from the stakeholders’ information meeting
On Thursday August 26, 2025, an information meeting on the national forum on health financing was held in the conference room of the Ministry of Health’s human resources department. Organized by the ST-RFS, the meeting, chaired by the Secretary General of the Ministry of Health, brought together several players from the Ministry of Health, RESADE, […]