The Population Council began working in Burkina Faso in 1989 on the
Africa operations research and technical assistance project. It established
a country office in Ouagadougou in 1994. Program activities are implemented
through collaborative partnerships with government institutions, UN
agencies, the World Bank, and nongovernmental organizations.
From an early focus on population issues and contraceptive
technology, the Council’s work in Burkina Faso has expanded to
include activities in all three of its program areas: HIV and
AIDS; poverty, gender, and youth; and reproductive health.
Council research and technical assistance have addressed
contraception introduction, family planning and fertility,
reproductive health, child survival, women’s status, and
adolescents. As the Burkinabe government expands maternal and
child health and family planning services, the Council is
studying ways to develop a cost-effective program capable of
satisfying demand in a largely rural population. In addition,
staff are looking at ways to expand the tools developed in an
intervention study that looked at ways to increase access to
treatment and care for sex workers and clients with HIV and
other sexually transmitted infections.
- Identified strategies to assist girls who are without access to
education and health services in rural, isolated areas characterized by
high rates of early marriage, maternal and infant mortality, and female
genital mutilation/cutting.
- Served as the executing agency of a large, three-year (1999–2002)
project funded by UNFPA to improve the capacity and coordination of
nongovernmental organizations working in reproductive health; undertake
research and provide support to the Mille Jeunes Filles project; and
conduct operations research on the private-sector provision of
reproductive health services.
- Provided technical assistance to the Ministry of Health in the
introduction of Norplant® implants.
- Conducted situation analyses of the national family planning program
to identify areas in need of improvement.
- Conducted a national reproductive health needs assessment in
collaboration with the World Health Organization and a local partner; an
analysis of the health information system on maternal and child
health/family planning; and a study on ways to promote condom use among
young people.
- Provided technical assistance to the Ministry of Health to establish
an innovative community- based project in rural Bazèga province. In 1996
the Bazèga Community Health Laboratory started to offer reproductive
health services to a population of 30,000 in 40 villages.
- Undertook the first effort to introduce postabortion care services
in Francophone West Africa.
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Fast Facts |
| Population (millions)
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15.2 |
| Total fertility rate |
6.2 |
Infant deaths per
1,000 live births |
89 |
Maternal deaths per
100,000 live births |
700 |
Girls aged 20–24 married
by age 18 (%)
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51.9 |
| HIV/AIDS prevalence (%) |
1.6 |
| Living below US $2 per day (%) |
81 |
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“Analysis of the evolution of the practice of female
genital mutilation/cutting in Burkina Faso" (2008) (PDF)
"Girls' adolescence in Burkina Faso: A pivot point for
social change" (2007) (PDF)
"Addressing the needs of married adolescent girls in
Burkina Faso" (2007) (PDF)
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