{"id":3980,"date":"2026-05-18T16:52:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:52:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fonafis.bf\/fonafis-2026-burkina-faso-paves-the-way-for-more-sovereign-and-equitable-health-financing\/"},"modified":"2026-05-18T16:58:41","modified_gmt":"2026-05-18T16:58:41","slug":"fonafis-2026-burkina-faso-paves-the-way-for-more-sovereign-and-equitable-health-financing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fonafis.bf\/en\/fonafis-2026-burkina-faso-paves-the-way-for-more-sovereign-and-equitable-health-financing\/","title":{"rendered":"FONAFIS 2026: Burkina Faso paves the way for more sovereign and equitable Health Financing"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tFrom March 25 to 27, 2026, Ouagadougou hosted the first edition of the National Forum on Health Financing (FONAFIS 2026), an event billed as a pivotal moment for the future of Burkina Faso’s healthcare system. Placed under the very high patronage of His Excellency, Captain Ibrahim TRAORE, President of Faso, Head of State, this edition whose opening and closing presided over by the Prime Minister, Head of Government, brought together over 500 participants from Burkina Faso, several African countries and the diaspora, around the theme: ” Building an efficient and equitable Health Financing system for health sovereignty and the achievement of the objectives of the National Development Plan 2026-2030″.<\/em> \n\n \n\nFor three days, at the Salle des banquets in Ouaga 2000 and at the H\u00f4tel Sopatel Silmand\u00e9, exchanges mobilized members of the government, representatives of international institutions, ministers and delegates from sister countries, local elected officials, private sector players, civil society organizations, experts, researchers and representatives of the Burkina Faso diaspora. This diversity gave the forum an inclusive dimension, commensurate with the challenges of a health sector faced with growing needs, security pressures and heavy dependence on fragmented funding. \n\n \n\nThis first edition of FONAFIS 2026 aimed first and foremost to propose a concrete agenda of reforms and an operational roadmap for their implementation. The organizers intended to capitalize on regional and international experiences, take stock of Burkina Faso’s progress in Health Financing, draw lessons from the free health care system, and above all accelerate the operationalization of Universal Health Insurance (RAMU). The aim was also to encourage frank dialogue between the government, technical and financial partners, the private sector, civil society and the diaspora, in order to achieve better coordination of interventions and a “health compact” consistent with Universal Health Coverage. \n\n \n\nIn his introductory remarks, the Prime Minister hailed the event as a forum for frank, structured and inclusive dialogue, pointing out that healthcare is not a burden, but a strategic investment in productivity, social cohesion and national development. He emphasized the highly political nature of Health Financing, in a context where Burkina Faso intends to consolidate its health sovereignty. The presence at the highest level of the executive of the patron of this edition reflects the Government’s determination to make Health Financing a lever for transforming the health system. \n\n \n\nA number of key recommendations emerged from the proceedings, some of which were directly incorporated into the forum’s conclusions. The Prime Minister insisted on the need to digitalize the entire chain of public health expenditure, to progressively increase national resources devoted to the sector, to pool funding into a common basket and to eliminate redundant, inefficient programs. He also recommended expanding the free healthcare basket, speeding up the extension of the RAMU to the entire population, strengthening the unified national supply chain, and developing local production of essential medicines and consumables. \n\n \n\nThe forum also drew up a roadmap for making these commitments operational. In the short term, in 2026, the plan is to set up a technical committee on taxes earmarked for health, launch negotiations on debt-for-investment swaps for RAMU, institutionalize FONAFIS as a biennial framework for dialogue, and update the mapping of the Burkina Faso diaspora. In 2027, priorities will focus on operationalizing innovative financing mechanisms, setting up the “Health Diaspora” platform, amending the legal framework for public-private partnerships, and carrying out a study on the efficiency of health spending. By 2028, the government aims to achieve better coverage of the RAMU, effective activation of earmarked taxes, increased local production of medicines and full interoperability of health information systems. \n\n \n\nThe recommendations thus consolidate a clear direction: less fragmentation, more pooling, more domestic resources, and strengthened governance around transparency and accountability. Through this forum, the Government is committed to stepping up Health Financing governance reforms, with a particular focus on budget execution, digitization and the mobilization of domestic resources. Technical and financial partners, for their part, reaffirmed their readiness to align themselves more closely with national priorities and to support the innovative mechanisms identified. \n\n \n\nAt the end of the proceedings, FONAFIS 2026 was intended to be more than a forum for reflection: it was a starting point for concrete reforms. With over 500 participants, 27 working sessions and formalized commitments, the forum laid the foundations for a new Health Financing architecture in Burkina Faso, based on sovereignty, equity and efficiency. \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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