In rural Burkina Faso, local doctors and nurses are working under severe shortages of essential medicines, equipment, and staff. A recent study by Burkinabe and Danish researchers highlights how frontline health workers are finding practical ways to keep services running, and how they often go beyond their formal duties to support their patients. The findings have been shared with Burkina Faso’s Ministry of Health, helping connect research evidence with decision-makers.

Findings from the Danida-funded research project “(Counter)-piracy infrastructures in the Gulf of Guinea (COPIGoG)” informed new security approaches in the Gulf of Guinea. While piracy incidents are at historically low levels, the research shows that criminal networks have shifted their activities both on land and at sea, with the risk of resurgence. These insights have contributed to a shift in approach by the Danish Maritime Security Programme III and its regional partners, now addressing maritime security in a broader, more integrated way.