Grants and Contributions:

Access to the Right to Health in Conflict-Affected Northern Burkina Faso

7429538 P008979001 P008979002

$14,326,750.00

Apr 12, 2021 - Mar 31, 2027

P008979001: Through building the capacity of health structures and community-based health delivery systems such as mobile clinics and community health care, this project will support improved and equitable access to health care services for conflict-affected populations, especially women and girls and populations furthest from health facilities. The project will also employ a community based approach to promote rights, reduce gender inequality and address issues related to reproductive rights and gender based violence (GBV) in insecure areas, including educating communities on women's sexual and reproductive rights, enhancing women's decision-making power, and advocacy on gender based violence (GBV). In addition, the project will contribute to Burkina Faso’s national response plan to the COVID-19 pandemic, and build capacity of health systems in northern Burkina Faso to better respond to the pandemic, and help prevent and manage future disease outbreaks. Project activities include: (1) Implementation of primary health care and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services, including the management and care of GBV, mental health, and psychosocial services for conflict affected populations; (2) Implementation of community health strategies, including direct delivery of services in conflict affected communities, such as IDPs and host communities; (3) Technical assistance provided to health authorities to respond and manage epidemics, including COVID-19; (4) Engagement with men and adolescents to change community behaviours and beliefs around the right to health, gender equality and gender based violence, in particular among host communities and IDPs. P008979002: The project aims to uphold the right to health, including the sexual and reproductive rights of women and girls affected by conflict, with a particular focus on internally displaced populations (IDPs) and host communities in northern Burkina Faso. Through building the capacity of health structures and community-based health delivery systems such as mobile clinics and community health care, this project will support improved and equitable access to health care services for conflict-affected populations, especially women and girls and populations furthest from health facilities. The project will also employ a community based approach to promote rights, reduce gender inequality and address issues related to reproductive rights and gender based violence (GBV) in insecure areas, including educating communities on women's sexual and reproductive rights, enhancing women's decision-making power, and advocacy on gender based violence (GBV). In addition, the project will contribute to Burkina Faso’s national response plan to the COVID-19 pandemic, and build capacity of health systems in northern Burkina Faso to better respond to the pandemic, and help prevent and manage future disease outbreaks. Project activities include: (1) Implementation of primary health care and sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) services, including the management and care of GBV, mental health, and psychosocial services for conflict affected populations; (2) Implementation of community health strategies, including direct delivery of services in conflict affected communities, such as IDPs and host communities; (3) Technical assistance provided to health authorities to respond and manage epidemics, including COVID-19; (4) Engagement with men and adolescents to change community behaviours and beliefs around the right to health, gender equality and gender based violence, in particular among host communities and IDPs.

Global Affairs Canada

(1) Improved equitable access to quality primary health care, including SRHR, by populations affected by conflict in northern Burkina Faso, particularly women and girls; (2) Improved social and community environment in favour of the right to health, in particular toward the right to sexual and reproductive rights and gender equality, for women and girls in northern Burkina Faso.

Montreal, Quebec, CA H2X 1E6

064-2021-2022-Q1-00157

Contribution

Grants and Contributions

Not-for-profit organization or charity

Doctors of the World Canada

Laurier--Sainte-Marie

24039

International Development Assistance Program

The main purpose on the International Development Assistance Program is to reduce poverty for those living in countries where Global Affairs Canada engages in international development.