MEDSF Burkina Faso

MEDSF temporarily suspends activities in Djibo, Burkina Faso

Mon, 21 Oct 2024 14:48:25 +0000

MEDSF has suspended medical activities in Djibo, Burkina Faso, after a series of security incidents have threatened staff and patient safety.

Burkina Faso: MEDSF marks one year since the killing of two colleagues in Tougan

Fri, 09 Feb 2024 09:45:47 +0000

MEDSF pays tribute to our colleagues who were brutally killed while delivering humanitarian aid in Burkina Faso one year ago.

Malnutrition crisis grips children trapped in western Burkina Faso

Tue, 28 Nov 2023 14:43:08 +0000

In Burkina Faso’s Boucle du Mouhoun region, our teams have found one in five children are affected by malnutrition in a town that has seen its supplies cut off by armed groups.

Burkina Faso: Severe humanitarian crisis persists for people living under blockade in Djibo

Fri, 05 May 2023 08:04:14 +0000

People in Djibo, Burkina Faso, have been living under blockade for over a year, largely cut off from food and aid. Our teams are responding by providing healthcare, distributing food, and rehabilitating water points in the town.

MEDSF condemns the brutal and deliberate killing of two staff in Burkina Faso

Thu, 09 Feb 2023 08:42:05 +0000

MEDSF condemns in the strongest terms the murder of two of our staff members in the Boucle du Mouhoun region, in northwestern Burkina Faso.

Violence and severe supply shortages leave people across Burkina Faso in dire need

Mon, 17 Oct 2022 15:27:38 +0000

As the security situation in Burkina Faso deteriorates, people's access to food, water and healthcare is becoming ever-more limited. Relief efforts need to be ramped up now more than ever.

Thousands displaced after escalating violence in Boucle du Mouhoun Burkina Faso

Fri, 26 Aug 2022 08:03:51 +0000

MEDSF has been supporting a health centre in Dédougou after some 6,700 people fled violence, providing basic healthcare, referrals to the regional hospital, and mental health counselling.

Enormous needs for hundreds of thousands of people displaced by ongoing conflict and insecurity in Burkina Faso

Mon, 27 Jun 2022 10:21:11 +0000

An urgent upscale in humanitarian funding is essential as 1.9 million people have been forced to flee their homes in Burkina Faso due to conflict.

Four things to know about the crisis in Burkina Faso

Fri, 28 Jan 2022 05:31:16 +0000

With months of violent tension in Burkina Faso culminating in military takeover on Monday 24 January, people are paying the price - here are four key things to know about the current crisis.

Healthcare centre burnt down amid violent surge in Burkina Faso

Tue, 23 Nov 2021 16:28:56 +0000

Increasing violence in northern Burkina Faso has led to an MEDSF-supported health centre being burnt down in Foube, leaving people with no access to healthcare.