Council of Ministers: creation of the Burkinabè Traditional Medicine Agency, dissolution of SOGEMAB and ST-Nut
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Burkina: soon an Agency of Traditional Medicine (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
The Council of Ministers on 5 November 2026 adopted a decree reorganising the Ministry of Health, including the creation of the Burkinabè Agency of Traditional Medicine (ABMT), provincial health directorates and provincial hospital centres. It also provides for the dissolution of SOGEMAB.
Health: creation of the Burkinabè Traditional Medicine Agency (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
At the Council of Ministers, the Burkinabè government adopted a decree reorganising the Ministry of Health, including the creation of the Faso CDC and the Burkinabè Traditional Medicine Agency, and the dissolution of SOGEMAB.
Council of Ministers: creation of the Burkinabè Traditional Medicine Agency, dissolution of SOGEMAB and ST-Nut (opens at the publisher, in a new window)
At the Council of Ministers on 5 November 2026, Burkina Faso's government adopted decrees for the Health Ministry: creating the Burkinabè Traditional Medicine Agency (ABMT), restructuring the ministry's organisation chart, and dissolving SOGEMAB and ST-Nut.
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