Commitment

Setting up 1000 community health clubs

Government / Burkina Faso

March 2025 — December 2028

Description

The Government of Burkina Faso through the Ministry of Health with the support of its partners (Local Authorities, Ministry of National Education, Literacy and the Promotion of National Languages, Ministry of Secondary Education, Vocational and Technical Training, Ministry of Agriculture, Animal and Fisheries Resources, Ministry of the Environment, Water and Sanitation, technical and financial partners), is committed to setting up 541 in 2024 to 1541 community health clubs in 2028, included in the national community health strategy, with a view to strengthening the multisectoral approach to the prevention of malnutrition. This commitment will make it possible to address at the community level the issues of nutrition, health, water, hygiene and sanitation, the economy, risk pooling, agriculture, schooling and literacy. To do this, the following actions must be implemented:

• Disseminate the reference documents for the implementation of the community health strategy

• Strengthen the capacity of stakeholders on the mechanism, the process of setting up clubs as well as their functioning

• Ensure the supervision of the actors within the framework of the functionality of the health clubs

• Ensure regular monitoring of data related to these clubs

Monitoring will be done annually through activity reports

GNR assessment

Verification status
Pending verification
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SMARTness index
Lower moderate
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Details

Target population characteristic
  • Age or life course stage/status
Global nutrition target(s)
Anaemia
Low birth weight
Exclusive breastfeeding
Childhood stunting
Childhood wasting
Nutrition Action Classification(s)
Enabling > Operational
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Linked event(s)
  • 2025 Paris N4G Summit
N4G Summit theme(s)
  • Nutrition, health and social protection
  • Nutrition and transition to sustainable food systems and climate
  • Nutrition and resilience to crisis
  • Nutrition and gender equality

Measurement

Key indicator Number of health clubs established nationally
Measurement plan Collect own data
Value Measurement date
Baseline 541 club de santé communautaire December 2024
Target 1,541 club de santé communautaire December 2028

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