| Abstract |
The Burkina Faso Service Availability and Readiness Assessment (SARA) was implemented by the Ministry of Health in
collaboration with World Health Organization (WHO) in 2018. The purpose of the SARA 2018 was to provide evidence for
the development of the health sector development policies and strategies to improve access to quality health care services in general and malaria, tuberculosis and HIV/AIDS. The overall objective of the survey was to assess the quality of the health care delivery through the availability of resources, equipment, inputs and diagnostic means in the health facilities in order to have updated data for better planning of interventions in the area of health care services.
A census of 803 health facilities and a quality of care assessment were conducted.
This report presents findings on:
o Availability of services in health facilities nationwide
o Availability of basic equipment
o Availability of medicines and other health products
o Availability of treatment guidelines and diagnostic tools
o Operational capacity of health facilities to offer specific health services such as child health, reproductive health, malaria,
tuberculosis, HIV/AIDS and rehabilitation
o The quality of care for malaria, tuberculosis, and HIV/AIDS. |
