Primary Healthcare Expansion: Burkina Faso’s Prime Minister opened 18 Health and Social Promotion Centres and 49 local health posts in remote communities, including dispensaries, maternity units, pharmacies and staff housing, aiming to improve access for pregnant women, children and rural residents. Cancer Medicines Support: The foreign ministry sent urgent pharmaceutical supplies to Ouagadougou, including chemotherapy and children’s cancer vaccines, coordinated with CyprusAid and the Hope Foundation for Children with Cancer and Leukaemia. Malaria Pressure & Nets Still Matter: A new global malaria update warns cases rose again in 2024 as mosquitoes adapt, but research continues to back bed nets as a key lifesaving tool despite resistance concerns. Digital Health Partnership: Malaria Consortium and eGov Foundation deepened a digital health collaboration, with plans to expand beyond Nigeria to countries including Burkina Faso. Displacement & Child Wellbeing: More than 10,000 Burkinabe asylum seekers have reached northern Ghana, where refugee children face disrupted schooling and psychosocial stress amid underfunded support. Human Rights & Media Safety: Rights groups renewed calls for Burkina Faso to account for journalist Atiana Serge Oulon, forcibly disappeared two years ago, alleging secret detention and torture. Agriculture Inputs Roadmap: Stakeholders in Ouagadougou developed a national roadmap to improve farmers’ access to quality fertilizer ahead of the cropping season.