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PREPARE-BURKINA

PREPARE-BURKINA strengthens the delivery of quality family planning; reproductive health; maternal, newborn, and child health; nutrition; and water, hygiene and sanitation services in three regions of Burkina Faso (Centre Nord, Sahel, and Est). This project supports marginalized and vulnerable communities to become more resilient, including women and young people who face chronic poverty, illiteracy, water scarcity, and under/unemployment.

Project Date: 2020 - 2025
Funder: USAID
Country: Burkina Faso
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In 2018, Burkina Faso’s national modern contraceptive prevalence rate was 30.1%.

PMA 2020

In Burkina Faso, women on average have about five children in their lifetime.

The World Bank 2018

Nationally, almost 25% of children suffer from chronic malnutrition and 9% from acute malnutrition.

Enquête Nutritionnelle Nationale, MOH 2020

Between 25% to 44% of people living in the Centre Nord, Sahel, and Est regions live more than 10 kilometers from a health center.

Annuaire Statistique de BK 2018

What We Do

  • Increase availability and accessibility of quality health services, including family planning, maternal and child health, and nutrition services.
  • Rebuild communities’ confidence in health structures and health authorities.
  • Strengthen links between community and facility health services.
  • Enhance disaster preparedness, management, and response.
  • Empower and engage youth.

Project Staff Members

Bob de Wolfe

Project Director/Chief of Party PREPARE Project, Burkina Faso

Robert de Wolfe has accumulated over 30 years of technical and management development experience in Africa. He served as Project Director for SPRING in Senegal – improving lives through better...

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