Bulletin Santé (opens the outlet's own site)As part of Pink October, students at Dadho University organised a screening campaign for breast and cervical cancer, alongside promotion of the "C'est la vie!" campaign. Young people are invited to register for free on the cestlavie.tv platform.
Burkinabè schoolgirls describe the difficulties of managing their periods at school, including lack of water, unclean toilets, pain and fear of teasing. A study by the Education Ministry with UNICEF finds that 80% of girls in class face difficulties and 10% miss lessons during their periods.
On 9 and 10 October 2026, an awareness and consultation campaign on rheumatic diseases, launched by the CMA Saint Camille de Nanoro with the Burkinabè Society of Rheumatology, received more than 500 patients ahead of World Arthritis Day.
The National Institute of Public Health (INSP) is holding open days from 14 to 16 October 2026 in Paspanga, offering free screening for hepatitis, diabetes and dengue, a blood donation drive and the inauguration of a laboratory. The event coincides with the first session of its scientific and…
The Ministry of Health is holding a risk communication workshop in Ouagadougou with media professionals to prevent epidemic-prone diseases, notably dengue, with more than 25,000 suspected cases recorded in Burkina Faso in 2026.
In Bobo-Dioulasso, about forty young people took part in a tea-debate on sexual and reproductive health, organised by Jeunes ambassadeurs Growth as part of the "C'est la vie !" programme of the NGO RAES. Discussions covered taboos, misconceptions and access to reliable information, along with an…
Drawing on testimonies from young Burkinabè, the article explains how emotional pressure, threats or coercion can deprive sexual consent of its freedom. It recalls what free, specific, current and revocable consent means and presents a prevention campaign run by SOS Jeunesse et Défis.
In Ziniaré, a 60-year-old woman who had suffered from an obstetric fistula for nearly twenty years was operated on during a SOGOB campaign. She is the only one of nine patients examined to undergo surgery.
In Ziniaré, as part of the 9th regional gynaecology-obstetrics days of the SOGOB, women take part in awareness-raising and free screening for breast and cervical cancer. Midwives aim to dispel the fear surrounding these diseases.
A column by Madina Belemviré on the unsolicited advice new mothers receive after giving birth: improvised diagnoses, criticism of breastfeeding, comparisons and guilt. She urges asking mothers how they are doing.
