2024/25 : In Burkina Faso, care for children suffering from noma and maxillofacial pathologies
In sub-Saharan Africa, noma (facial pathology and malformation) has a mortality rate of 90%.
Added to the lack of knowledge of these pathologies is the weight of superstitions. Sick children are very often stigmatized, socially excluded, sometimes rejected from their families and dropped out of school.
La Fondation La Petite Etoile is participating in this project whose aim is to :
- detect, treat and operate on children suffering from facial pathologies and malformations while training local medical teams.
- raise awareness among populations in targeted areas and among traditional and religious leaders on means of prevention, causes and detection of noma.
This is a continuation of our action carried out in 2023-24 in Burkina Faso.
Co-participants : Fondation La Petite Etoile, Agence Française du Développement, Ministère de la Santé du Burkina-Faso, Fondation Sentinelle , La Voix du Paysan community radio, Bilaadga Association, Ensemble pour Eux Association, Paspanga Association.
Place of intervention : Bogodogo University Hospital in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina-Faso.
Mission budget : € 65,000
The children are between 2 and 6 years old, suffer from noma (disfigurement) and malnutrition with very weakened immune systems and live in extreme poverty.
Number of children concerned : 39 (21 boys and 8 girls of whom only 4 go to school), then an additional twenty.
Budget provided by Fondation La Petite Etoile : € 5,000
In sub-Saharan Africa, noma (facial pathology and malformation) has a mortality rate of 90%.
Added to the lack of knowledge of these pathologies is the weight of superstitions. Sick children are very often stigmatized, socially excluded, sometimes rejected from their families and dropped out of school.
La Fondation La Petite Etoile is participating in this project whose aim is to :
- detect, treat and operate on children suffering from facial pathologies and malformations while training local medical teams.
- raise awareness among populations in targeted areas and among traditional and religious leaders on means of prevention, causes and detection of noma.
This is a continuation of our action carried out in 2023-24 in Burkina Faso.
Co-participants : Fondation La Petite Etoile, Agence Française du Développement, Ministère de la Santé du Burkina-Faso, Fondation Sentinelle , La Voix du Paysan community radio, Bilaadga Association, Ensemble pour Eux Association, Paspanga Association.
Place of intervention : Bogodogo University Hospital in Ouagadougou, capital of Burkina-Faso.
Mission budget : € 65,000
The children are between 2 and 6 years old, suffer from noma (disfigurement) and malnutrition with very weakened immune systems and live in extreme poverty.
Number of children concerned : 39 (21 boys and 8 girls of whom only 4 go to school), then an additional twenty.
Budget provided by Fondation La Petite Etoile : € 5,000