Burkina Faso 2022 SHCC Factsheet

Submitted by Insecurity Insight

The Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) identified 61 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in Burkina Faso in 2022, an increase from 49 in 2021. In these incidents, at least 27 ambulances were stolen and health supplies were looted from health centers, medical warehouses, and pharmacies, undermining health care providers’ ability to access people in need and to stock health facilities with the necessary supplies.