Health & well-being
Better health begins with access: to care, to information and to healthcare technology that communities can sustain.
What we work toward
- Support efforts to reduce maternal, infant and child mortality.
- Improve access to essential, reproductive and mental health services and education.
- Strengthen the availability and effective use of healthcare technology.
- Develop local biomedical equipment expertise and support health workers.
From the program record
My Sister’s Keeper combines menstrual and reproductive health education with access to reusable menstrual care kits. The program document reports more than 750 young women and girls attended seminars in 2021, with a further 150 reported at the time of the 2022 record.
The Medical Equipment Container Project began in 2021. The foundation’s historical health program also describes biomedical equipment technician internships supporting equipment maintenance and practical training in community hospitals.
Source: BO Foundation, Health and Well-being Program, historical program document, 2022–2023 planning cycle. Read the program record notes.
Related Sustainable Development Goals: 3, 5. United Nations ↗
Healthier beginnings for Black mothers and babies.
BO Foundation USA’s first U.S. priority is reducing Black maternal and infant mortality. We are developing this work alongside our commitment to the foundation’s program areas in Burkina Faso.
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