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Health Policy and Planning; 16(1): 74-86
© Oxford University Press 2001

The influence of health sector reform and external assistance in Burkina Faso

Claude Bodart1, Gérard Servais2, Yansané L Mohamed2 and Bergis Schmidt-Ehry3

1 Manila office, German Development Cooperation (GTZ), Philippines,
2 Ouagadougou office, GTZ, Burkina Faso and
3 GTZ Headquarters, Eschborn, Germany

Despite health reform and increasing public investment in the health sector, utilization of curative health services, immunization coverage and patient satisfaction with the public health care system are steadily decreasing in Burkina Faso. It seems that the health care system itself is ‘ill’. This paper examines the major symptoms associated with this illness. The central thesis suggests that any further improvement of health care performance in Burkina Faso will be subject to profound central reform in the area of human resources and financial management of the sector. Such a broad reform package cannot be achieved through the current project approach, but a sector-wide approach (SWAp) does not seem to be realistic at the present time. Policy discussions at a level higher than the Ministry of Health could be beneficial for achieving better donor coordination and increasing the commitment of the Ministry of Health to a sector-wide approach. Health sector reform issues and priorities and the role of international cooperation are reviewed and discussed.


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