Burkina Faso
ACCESS TO RIGHTS, EDUCATION AND HEALTH
As in many other countries, people with disabilities in Burkina Faso suffer from a lack of recognition and are poorly integrated into their communities. Although efforts have been made to change this situation, they remain on the margins of society and live in advanced poverty.
Handicap International's work in Burkina Faso is focused on four key areas:
- helping organise an efficient and coordinated access system for rehabilitation care;
- the implementation of a care-management service for patients with lymphatic filariasis within the framework of a national programme to eliminate the disease (the leading disabling disease in Burkina);
- promoting the inclusion of children with disabilities into mainstream schools in partnership with the Ministry for Basic Education; Medical case-management
- Promoting the rights of people with disabilities and capacity-building
Based on the Burkina Faso programme, initiatives were also launched in Niger in 2006. The site currently supports disabled people's organisations in Niamey and organisations engaged in the fight against mines in the north of the country
Live link to programme
Inclusion in schools /
Ensure education of children with disabilities
Over the last few months, Handicap International has supported a number of initiatives designed to ensure the inclusion of children with disabilities within the mainstream educational system. read
The fight against disabling diseases /
A new life for Djortté K
Handicap International runs a filariasis control project in Burkina Faso. This disease, which is caused by a parasitic worm, can be caught via a mosquito bite. read
The fight against disabling diseases /
“Beating hydrocele, a poverty-related disease”
Dr Amada Guira is a surgeon and has been head of the surgery department at the Tenkodogo Regional Hospital for four years. read
