The 8th assessment meeting on the free provision of care and services for women and children under 5 began on December 12, 2024. The policy of free health care has made significant progress, despite security challenges

La 8 ^e rencontre bilan de la gratuité des soins et services s' est tenu pendant deux jours under the theme “Free healthcare policy: Innovations for greater efficiency, transparency and accountability”. Le bilan révèle que le gouvernement burkinabè a financed more than 238 billion CFA francs from the global bill issued by health facilities, i.e. a financial coverage rate of 82.85% between April 2016 and October 2024. According to the same report, care services were offered free of charge to women and children in the amount of more than 131 million CFA francs in the same period of time. According to the Minister of Health, “the maternal mortality ratio increased from 330 per 100,000 births in 2015 to 198 per 100,000 births in 2021. The contraceptive prevalence of women in unions increased from 22.5% in 2015 to 32% in 2021. The infant and child mortality quotient increased from 81.6 per 1000 live births in 2015 to 48 per 1000 live births in