Insecurity Insight monitors attacks on health care in Burkina Faso, and based on its data, the Burkina Faso chapter (in English and French) of the 2024 Safeguarding Health in Conflict Coalition (SHCC) report Epidemic of Violence identified 22 incidents of violence against or obstruction of health care in Burkina Faso in 2024, compared to 51 in 2023 and 66 in 2022. In these incidents, five health workers were killed and medical supplies were looted. The actual number of incidents and the severity of the problem are likely much greater.
– Attacks on health care and broader violence and instability have exacerbated the weaknesses of the country’s health care system.
– Health workers were killed on accusations of collaborating with JNIM militants.
– Nearly one in three health facilities were impacted by violence, with hundreds closed or operating at minimum capacity.
Download the report data. Explore the data visually using our interactive map Attacked and Threatened: Health Care at Risk