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Burkina Faso is a country in Western Africa with a population of 17 million people and a life expectancy of 54 years (males) and 57 years (females). The landlocked nation enjoys a high level of commitment to improve health outcomes from the highest authorities of State, and has continuously built capacities; health is explicitly seen as vital to the overall development of the country. Though there is still ground to cover in achieving MDGs and now SDGs, since 2008 the country has consistently devoted at least 15% of the annual public budget to healthcare, in keeping with its commitment to the 2001 Abuja Declaration. Burkina Faso is currently implementing its National Health Plan 2011-2020, part of the country’s Strategy for Accelerated Growth and Sustainable Development. WHO through the UHC Partnership has supported the validated national health financing strategy in 2017, following a participatory and inclusive decision-making policy dialogue, and now focuses on the implementation phase. You can access important country documents by clicking here.
| Key indicators: Burkina Faso | |
|---|---|
| WHO region | Africa |
| Child health | |
| Diphtheria tetanus toxoid and pertussis (DTP3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) (2019) | 91 |
| Demographic and socioeconomic statistics | |
| Poverty headcount ratio at $1.25 a day (PPP) (% of population) (2009) | 44.6 |
| Gender inequality index rank (2014) | 144 |
| Human development index rank (2014) | 183 |
| Health financing | |
| Total expenditure on health as a percentage of gross domestic product (2014) | 4.96 |
| Private expenditure on health as a percentage of total expenditure on health (2014) | 47.70 |
| General government expenditure on health as a percentage of total government expenditure (2014) | 11.16 |
| Health systems | |
| Physicians density (per 1000 population) (2012) | 0.047 |
| Nursing and midwifery personnel density (per 1000 population) (2012) | 0.63 |
| Mortality and global health estimates | |
| Neonatal mortality rate (per 1000 live births) (2019) | 25.9 (Both sexes) |
| Under-five mortality rate (probability of dying by age 5 per 1000 live births) (2019) | 87.5 (Both sexes) |
| 82.7 (Female) | |
| 92.2 (Male) | |
| Maternal mortality ratio (per 100 000 live births) (2017) | 320 [ 220 - 454 ] |
| Sustainable development goals | |
| Life expectancy at birth (years) (2016) | 59.6 (Male) |
| 60.9 (Female) | |
| 60.3 (Both sexes) | |
| Births attended by skilled health personnel (%) (2015) | 80 |
| World Health Statistics | |
| Population (in thousands) total (2016) | 18 646 |
| Population proportion under 15 (%) (2016) | 45.4 |
| Population proportion over 60 (%) (2016) | 2.1 |
| Literacy rate among adults aged >= 15 years (%) (2007-2012) | 29 |
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