Tengandogo:Burkina Faso Stockouts of artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs) have dropped from 25% in 2017 to 9% in 2026, following a decade of support from the US Government Global Health Supply Chain Program - Procurement and Supply Management (GHSC-PSM) project, which concluded on Monday.
According to Burkina Information Agency, the project, active from 2016 to 2026, also bolstered logistics management and improved the availability of health products in Burkina Faso. A significant achievement was the digitalization of logistics management through the NetSIGL 2.0 application, which as of September 2026, was utilized in over 2,000 health facilities with 1,815 trained users and 729 tablets distributed.
Adjima Combary, Chief of Staff of the Ministry of Health, highlighted advancements in logistics management, stating that the system now facilitates real-time stock visibility and data-driven decision-making.
The program also emphasized skills development, training 102 specialists in supply quantification and planning, along with 1,508 individuals in logistics management information systems.
Infrastructure advancements included an investment of nearly 1.2 billion CFA francs in fire safety systems at CAMEG's central warehouse in Tengandogo. The GHSC-PSM project supported Burkina Faso's COVID-19 response and strengthened the storage and distribution capacities for health products.
In the fight against HIV and malaria, the project's efforts ensured medicine availability, facilitated community distribution of antiretrovirals (ARVs), and supported national campaigns for mosquito net distribution and malaria chemoprevention.
At the project's end, officials discussed sustaining these gains and announced a provision of healthcare products valued at 30 billion CFA francs over the next five years.
Frankie Sturm, representing the United States Embassy in Burkina Faso, commended the collaboration with Burkinabe authorities and the project's role in enhancing public health, emphasizing the global importance of combating diseases.