Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) has been providing free-of-charge quality healthcare, water and basic relief items to people in eastern Burkina Faso since May 2019.
In the past two months, a new wave of attacks against remote villages in Burkina Faso's eastern region has uprooted thousands of families, who have fled to the towns of Gayeri and Fada.
A health system on the edge due to conflict and shortages
After four years of violence, the healthcare system in eastern Burkina Faso is very fragile.
The insecurity in eastern Burkina Faso is hampering aid efforts and poses enormous challenges in reaching some communities, especially people living in remote villages.
In Burkina Faso's eastern region, COVID-19 is not necessarily people's main concern: for thousands of displaced people and host communities, simply surviving is already hard enough.
