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    "Health",
    "Africa",
    "Africa Health Research Institute",
    "Ali Sié",
    "Arouna Ouédraogo",
    "Bhekisisa Centre For Health Journalism",
    "Burkina Faso",
    "Christoffel Blinden Mission",
    "Désiré Nanema",
    "Dubai Chamber of Commerce",
    "Expertise France",
    "Nouna",
    "Ouagadougou",
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    "West Africa",
    "World Health Organisation"
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  "textContent": "In Burkina Faso, more than 70 languages are spoken, armed conflict continues to escalate and half the country's psychiatrists have left. With few mental health services available, families and traditional healers absorb what the system cannot",
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