Ouagadougou: The associations and the various communities of the commune of Nouna participated, this Saturday August 8, 2026, in a sanitation operation of the Medical Center with surgical unit (CMA), at the call of the health authorities to improve the environment for the care of patients.

According to Burkina Information Agency, equipped with pickaxes, hoes, and other cleaning equipment, the participants mobilized to clear the grounds of the Medical Center with Surgical Unit (CMA) of weeds and contribute to improving the patient care environment.

The chief medical officer of the Nouna health district, Roland Bama, explained that this activity is part of the National Vector Control Day. He specified that it notably made it possible to proceed with the destruction of larval breeding grounds, which are favorable to the proliferation of mosquitoes.

Dr. Dieudonne Kientega thanked the participants for their important contribution to the cleaning of the CMA and to the improvement of the living conditions of patients and their companions. Health officials also took the opportunity to raise awareness among the population about the need to replicate this initiative in neighborhoods, concessions, and workplaces, in order to maintain clean living spaces and contribute to the prevention of vector-borne diseases.

On behalf of the heads of the associations and the customary and religious authorities, Seydou Barro and Elie Simboro praised the strong mobilization of the participants and their commitment to the cleanliness of the CMA.