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Burkina Faso, Africa

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AFRICA: Low cost meningitis va...

AFRICA: Low cost meningitis vaccine developed

africa » burkina faso » ouagadougou
IRIN
Saturday, March 08, 2008
A new low-cost and highly effective meningitis vaccine will be introduced in 2009 as trials in West Africa proved successful, the head of the project...
meningitis, vaccine, bacteria, health
BURKINA FASO: Government inact...

BURKINA FASO: Government inaction spurs consumption of counterfeit drugs

africa » burkina faso » ouagadougou
IRIN
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
One in five pharmaceutical drugs bought in Ouagadougou is counterfeit and sold on the street with no prescription and no expiry date, according to...
pharmaceutical drugs, market, health, counterfeit, diseases, people, risk, government
BURKINA FASO: Lack of medical ...

BURKINA FASO: Lack of medical specialists, equipment forces patients abroad for care

africa » burkina faso » ouagadougou
IRIN
Monday, October 01, 2007
Five-year-old Salamata Compaore in Burkina Faso suffers from a malformation of the heart that leads to shortness of breath, stunted growth and...
regional, health, medical, specialist, patients, malformation, heart, surgery
BURKINA FASO: Innovation and e...

BURKINA FASO: Innovation and education needed to head off water war

africa » burkina faso » ouagadougou
IRIN
Sunday, September 16, 2007
Running his fingers over a map of Burkina Faso, stabbing at a dozen vowel-laden names of towns and villages, Abdramane Sow traces out what senior...
regional, water, access, health, desert, population, environment
BURKINA FASO: Government could...

BURKINA FASO: Government could do more to tackle malnutrition, say aid workers

africa » burkina faso » ouagadougou
IRIN
Wednesday, July 04, 2007
OUAGADOUGOU The government is not being as cooperative as it might be in tackling malnutrition, say aid agency officials in Burkina Faso. They say...
regional, government, health, malnutrition

BURKINA FASO-NIGER: Children made faceless by a disease of neglect

africa » burkina faso » ouagadougou
IRIN
Saturday, June 30, 2007
Through clenched teeth and with the assistance of an adult interpreter, Noufou stuttered out his tale. He had lost both his parents, was made...
editors, choice, children, face, health, sick, noma, disease, poverty, malnutrition

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