Registration & participation

FONAFIS 2026 participants

Some 400 decision-makers, experts, partners and civil society players gather to transform healthcare financing

Participant profile

400+ participants expected

A multi-stakeholder forum bringing together political decision-makers, technicians, international partners, civil society, the private sector and experts

Expected participants

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Countries represented

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Multilateral TFPs

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National & international experts

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Player categories

Political & Institutional

High authorities and decision-makers

Heads of state and VIPs
15 Ministers of Health invited: Benin, Burundi, Gambia, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Uganda, CAR, DRC, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Chad, Togo
Burkina Faso Ministers: Health, Economy, Servants of the People, Territorial Admin., Defense, Agriculture, Security, Foreign Affairs, Communication, Family, Justice, Digital Transition, Industry, Construction, Energy, Basic, Secondary & Higher Education, Sports
Presidency of Faso, Prime Minister's Office, ALT
13 Regional Governors
13 PDS / High Commissioners

Ministry of Health

Central & decentralized structures

Minister's Office
Technical Secretariat for Health Financing Reform (ST-RFS)
Directorates: DGESS, DGOS, DGSP, DGAPS
16 CHR / CHU
Specialized structures: CNTS, INSP, ENSP, SOGEMAB, FASO-PHARMA, CAMEG, SAMU
Agencies: ANSSEAT, AGSP, ANRP
13 Regional Health Departments (DRS)
13 District Medical Officers (MCD)

International partners

Multilaterals, NGOs & bilateral cooperation

Multilateral: WHO, World Bank / GFF, UNICEF, UNFPA, ADB, IDB, Global Fund, GAVI, UNAIDS, EU, CDC Africa, WFP, UNDP, UNOPS, ILO, UNITAID
NGOs & Foundations: Gates Foundation, CHAI, Pathfinder, and others
Bilateral cooperation: 13 partner countries

Civil society & Private sector

National health and development players

CSOs: Consumers' League, SPONG, and others
6 healthcare unions
6 professional orders
12 learned health societies
Private health sector: FASPB, APROCLIB
CNPB, CCI, national companies & banks
APSAB
10 mutual health insurance companies

Expertise & Research

National and international experts

RESADE - 10 experts
20 national resource persons
41 international experts
Researchers and academics

Registration

Join FONAFIS 2026

Dates

March 25 - 27, 2026 (3 days)

Location

Ouaga 2000 Conference Hall
Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso

Expected participants

~400 decision-makers, experts, partners

Languages

French (main)
English simultaneous interpretation

Contact

fonafis@sante.gov.bf

+226 70 14 76 52

Processing time

Registrations are processed by the NOC Accreditation Commission. Confirmation will be sent by email within 5 working days.

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Welcome & registration
S01 - Opening ceremony: Vision for sovereign and sustainable healthcare financing
S02 - Inaugural lecture: How can endogenous financing consolidate national sovereignty?
S03 - High-level panel
S04 - Special Panel International Partnership: Towards Increased and Sustained Funding for Population Health
S07 - Transparency, accountability and the fight against financial leakage
S06 - Analysis of bottlenecks in healthcare budget execution
S05 - National diagnosis of health financing: current situation and outlook
S08 - Why and how to mobilize more national resources for health: dedicated taxes, community contributions, local authorities
S10 - Contribution of local authorities to the operationalization of the new local authority code
S09 - Why and how to mobilize more national resources for health: Contribution of the diaspora, patriotic financing and innovative mechanisms
S11 - Private sector potential: Why and how to mobilize the domestic private sector to finance healthcare
S12b: Hospital financing: capitalizing on best practices and reforming the financing and management system
S13 - Regional cooperation: ESA Stabilization Fund and opportunities for increased health funding
S12 - Public-Private Partnerships (PPP): How to strengthen the contribution of the private healthcare sector?
S16 - What is the regulatory framework for digitizing financial management in healthcare?
S15 - How digitalization can strengthen healthcare financing
S19 - Community involvement and social accountability
S18 - Innovative financing mechanisms: lessons learned from the Abidjan workshop
S17 - International panel: Sharing country experiences (Successful financing reforms)
Visit to the Thomas Sankara memorial site
S14 - Pooling resources and reducing fragmentation
S21 - Thematic Knowledge Cafés: presentation of best practices in healthcare financing
S20 - Protecting Burkinabè against catastrophic healthcare costs: Towards MDG 3.8.2 on universal healthcare coverage
S23 - Local drug production and pharmaceutical sovereignty
S22 - Resource allocation and strategic purchasing
S24 - Summary presentation of forum proceedings
S25 - Concrete commitments from technical and financial partners to support health financing reforms in Burkina Faso
S26 - Formulation of reform recommendations, follow-up mechanism and implementation schedule 2026-2028
S27 - Closing ceremony: Adoption of the FONAFIS 2026 Declaration