COLLECTIVE ACTION
INITIATIVES - BURKINA FASO

UHC issues addressed in Burkina Faso

• Enable vulnerable groups to have access to health services through the Universal Social Health Insurance Scheme (RAMU);
• Have contracts signed between the National Fund for Universal Health Insurance (CNAMU) and the delegated management bodies;
• Strengthen resilience to COVID-19.

Collective Action Initiatives

• Identified and enrolled vulnerable groups;
• Involved key stakeholders in the development of the country’s UHC network, including NGOs (ASMADE, APIL and RAMS) and mutual health organisations;
• Secured NGO participation in the transparency and equity mechanism for access to free healthcare;
• Consulted with actors coordinating and implementing UHC interventions;
• Mobilised national support to combat COVID-19, including public and private companies, legal firms and others;

Progress

• Created a national guidance council for AMU, including an AMU deployment strategy;
• Implemented a One Health platform;
• Harmonised funding to avoid gaps;

Video update

In our Africa Regional Exchange webinar in July 2020, Peggy Ouedraogo provided a video update on Burkina Faso’s latest advances in rolling out UHC.
Take a look.