The RESADE and Burkina Faso Ministry of Health fact sheet summarizes the key elements of the technical partnership on mapping progress in strategic healthcare purchasing. It describes the national context, priority objectives and purchasing functions: strategic purchasing of mother-child services at health facility and community level, harmonization of purchasing for supervision and steering at district and regional levels, strategic allocation of operating and investment budget lines, targeted subsidies for health products, coverage of RAMU contributions for vulnerable people, and strategic remuneration of hospital staff. Messages to decision-makers are also set out: focus the care basket on PHC, reduce fragmentation by moving towards a consolidated purchasing system, strengthen a dynamic health information system to identify and support providers in difficulty, and prioritize leadership and policy implementation. The sheet identifies opportunities: implementation of the program budget, creation of the CNAMU, dynamic mapping of resources and support from technical and financial partners. Proposed next steps include the integration of strategic purchasing into community health, conceptual dissemination to stakeholders at all levels, and certification of health facilities linked to a strategic purchasing model. Governance mechanisms, influential external factors and key data on population, GDP and health expenditure are indicated. These elements are intended to guide decision-making to improve the equity, efficiency and transparency of health financing in Burkina Faso.
