L’intégrité morale héritée de la société voltaïque a été ébranlée dans un paroxysme traduisant le pays des hommes intègres après un coup de force militaire (1983-1987). Cet héritage érigé en norme créatrice de sens « révolutionnaire » par le leader charismatique au sommet de l’Etat burkinabé a été mis en discours politique et promu en comportement altruiste en vue d’un effet d’entrainement dans une administration publique en construction et en besoin d’un usager confiant. Un autre coup d’arrêt (1987) a donné un sens néolibéral à l’Etat où le « citoyen » est devenu un client pris dans un processus de monétarisation des secteurs sociaux de base comme l’éducation et la santé, pourtant gratuits autrefois. Or, ces services publics ont été insuffisants face aux demandes croissantes de leurs usagers clients en quête de prestations à moindre coût par rapport aux services privés exorbitants. Cett...

Abstract--Most of the population lives in rural areas in Burkina Faso. This study reports an experience of a surgical outreach in the North Region of the country. Patients who underwent a surgery during surgical outreach in the North of Burkina over a week were enrolled prospectively. Results: 24 anaesthetist (6 doctors,18 nurses), and 23 surgeons (7 from Europe and USA) participated. A total of 225 patients were screened whose 100 had a preanesthetic evaluation. Finally, 125 patients were operated. A rapid pre anaesthetic evaluation was done the day of surgery. The mean age of patients was 53.9 ± 19.8 years. Five cases were aged less to 14 years, 45 were elderly (aged over 65 years) and 75 adult’s cases (15 to 64 years). The sex ratio was 1.1. Housewife was most frequent. Majority (56.8%) of patients lives out of the city of Ouahigou...

L’émergence de la résistance bactérienne aux antibiotiques nécessite la recherche de nouvelles stratégies de lutte. L'objectif de cette étude était d'évaluer la capacité de piégeage des radicaux libres et le pouvoir anti-biofilm des fractions de l'extrait éthanolique de six fruits tropicaux comestibles. La capacité de l'extrait à neutraliser les radicaux libres a été mesurée par spectrophotométrie en utilisant quatre modèles antioxydants. En outre, la capacité des extraits de fruits à inhiber la formation du biofilm de Pseudomonas aeruginosa a été examinée en utilisant le test au cristal violet. Les fractions acétate d'éthyle et méthanolique de Parkia biglobosa, de Zizipus mauritiana, de Saba senegalensis et de Adansonia digitata ont montré des activités antioxydantes intéressantes grâce à leurs capacités à piéger des radicaux DPPH, ABTS et oxyde nitrique ainsi qu'à leur pouvoir inhibite...

In recent decades, interest in anthocyanin pigments has increased due to their possible use as natural food colorants, antioxidants, and anti-inflammatory agents. This study aimed to identify the major anthocyanins in ripe Ziziphus mucronata fruit harvested in the Niangoloko classified forest. HPLC-ESI-MS/MS was used to identify anthocyanins. The total phenolic content (TPC) and total flavonoids (TFC) were assessed using the Folin-Ciocalteu reagent and the spectrophotometric method of Khan (2012) respectively. Total anthocyanin content (TAC) was obtained using a differential pH method. Total antioxidant potential (TAC) was carried out using DPPH and ABTS tests. Cyanidin 3-O-glucoside and cyanidin 3-O-galactoside were major anthocyanins identified by HPLC-MS. Quantitative analysis showed that this fruit contains an average of 321 ±...

Non-timber forest products are often disregarded in favor of primary crops in Burkina Faso, despite their nutritional significance and contribution to food self-sufficiency. However, the lack of scientific information regarding the amino acid content of Saba senegalensis pulp impedes its utilization in various foods production. Consequently, the primary objective of this investigation was to assess the free amino acid profile of S. senegalensis pulp in the three distinct climatic zones of Burkina Faso. Fruit samples were collected from these climatic regions, and the amino acid content was analyzed using HPLC methods. The analysis of S. senegalensis pulp revealed the presence of essential amino acids in mg/100 g, mainly isoleucine (300 ± 75–305 ± 15), leucine (370 ± 92.50–377 ± 95.50), lysine (200 ± 50–20...

Burkina Faso has implemented a nationwide free healthcare policy (gratuité) for pregnant and lactating women and children under 5 years since April 2016. Studies have shown that free healthcare policies can increase healthcare service use. However, the emerging coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, escalating insecurity and the political situation in recent years might have affected the implementation of such policies. No studies have looked at whether the gratuité maintained high service use under such changing circumstances. Our study aimed to assess the effects of gratuité on the utilization of facility-based delivery and curative care of children under 5 years in light of this changing context. We employed a controlled interrupted time series analysis using data from the Health Management Information System and annual stat...