Boussé (AIB) The network for access to generic medicines (RAME) brought together from March 9 to 11, 2023 in Boussé, the facilitators of the seventeen pilot municipalities, responsible for the implementation of its multi-sector intervention project integrated solutions based on the “Human Centered Design” approach.
In collaboration with the Kourwéogo Youth Integrated Development Association (ADIJK), the Generic Drug Access Network (RAME) closed a training session on March 11, 2023 in Boussé.
Organized for the benefit of the various links in the chain of data collection on access to health services, this workshop aims, according to Abdoul Karim Gnessi, in charge of monitoring and evaluation and facilitator of the training, to strengthen the skills of focal points and community facilitators on data collection strategies.
This RAME activity falls within the framework of community monitoring and labeling.
The project manager at RAME, Albertine Ouédraogo underlined that the health context of Burkina Faso is marked by a limited access of the populations to basic health services and care.
According to her, the average radius of action of health facilities is more than five (5) kilometers with significant disparities between cities and rural areas.
Despite the initiatives taken by the health authorities, including free healthcare for pregnant women and children under five, the achievement of universal health coverage by 2030 remains a concern.
In view of this observation, she underlined that UNICEF intends to make its contribution to enhance the indicators to improve people’s access to quality health care, through the implementation of this project.
For the project manager, it is a matter of taking a specific interest in the community health component by emphasizing the human-centered approach to health, through the creation of solutions, for rights holders, families and communities.
During the work, the participants were given tools on the organization of the healthcare system in the regions and municipalities and on the strategies for collecting data.
Coming from Manga, Kombissiri, Po, Boussouma and Ziniaré, the participants will be responsible, once back in their respective towns, for training community-based health workers (ASBC).
According to the facilitators, the role of the participants is decisive in the implementation of community watch to improve people’s access to health services.
Source: Burkina Information Agency