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Mental Health Interventions and Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Pandemic in the Francophonie.
Spagnolo, J., Vasiliadis, H.-M., Ouédraogo, S., Charfi, F., Naslund, J.A., & Yaya, S.Background:
The Francophonie comprises 54 member states and governments, most of which are classified as low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) by the World Bank (40/54 or 74%). The Francophonie and the French language are often under-represented in the global mental health literature, such...
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COVAX - Time to reconsider the strategy and its target
Bell D, Brown GW, Oyibo WA, Ouédraogo S, Tacheva B, Barbaud E, Kalk A, Ridde V, Paul E.COVAX, the international initiative supporting COVID-19 vaccination campaigns globally, is budgeted to be the costliest public health initiative in low- and middle-income countries, with over 16 billion US dollars already committed. While some claim that the target of vaccinating 70% of people...
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Epidemiological, clinical, and therapeutic aspects of dermatitis herpetiformis at Yalgado Ouédraogo University Hospital Centre, Burkina Faso
Muriel Sidnoma Ouédraogo, Djimtibaye Djounitanan, Nomtondo Amina Ouédraogo, Gilbert Patrice Marie Louis Tapsoba, Angèle Ouangré/Ouédraogo, Nina Korsaga/Somé, Jean-Baptiste Andonaba, Fatou Barro/Traoré, Pascal Niamba, Adama TraoréBackground: Dermatitis herpetiformis is a rare autoimmune bullous dermatosis that predominantly affects Caucasians, adults or children, with a sex ratio of 1.8. Materials and Methods: The aim of this study was to document the clinical and epidemiological profiles of dermatitis herpetiformis and...
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The nitrogen metabolism of growing sub-Saharan cities and their prospect for shifting from regional sinks to sustainable city region food systems.
Tom Wassenaar ; Bachirou S Bodo ; Adama Hilou ;Emma Rochelle-NewallUrban development trajectories in sub-Saharan Africa are unsustainable. Fast-growing cities constitute nutrient sinks relying on nutrient-poor hinterlands. We propose a pragmatic waste flow assessment providing authorities with a cross-sectoral view of a city’s nutrient sink status. Following...
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Knowledge, practices and beliefs of students regarding health effects of shisha use in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso : A cross‑sectional study
OUEDRAOGO Abdoul Risgou ; BONCOUNGOU Kadiatou; OUEDRAOGO Jean Claude Romaric; SOURABIE Adama; OUEDRAOGO Guy Alain; BOUGMA Ghislain; BONKIAN Emilienne; OUEDRAOGO Georges; BADOUM Gisèle; OUEDRAOGO MartialBackground. The tobacco epidemic is one of the biggest public health threats the world has ever faced. Shisha use has recently been gaining increased popularity in many developed and developing countries. Objective. To determine the prevalence of shisha use among students in Ouagadougou, Burkina...
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The nitrogen metabolism of growing sub-Saharan cities and their prospect for shifting from regional sinks to sustainable city region food systems.
Tom Wassenaar ; Bachirou S Bodo ; Adama Hilou ;Emma Rochelle-NewallUrban development trajectories in sub-Saharan Africa are unsustainable. Fast-growing cities constitute nutrient sinks relying on nutrient-poor hinterlands. We propose a pragmatic waste flow assessment providing authorities with a cross-sectoral view of a city’s nutrient sink status. Following...
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Intersection of reproductive coercion and intimate partner violence: cross-sectional influences on women’s contraceptive use in Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire and Kenya
Shannon N Wood, Haley L Thomas, Mary Thiongo, Georges Guiella, Fiacre Bazie, Yentéma Onadja, Rosine Mosso, Raimi Fassassi, Peter Gichangi, Michele R DeckerObjectives Among nationally representative cross-sections of women in need of contraception from Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire and Kenya, we aimed to: (1) examine the intersection of past-year physical/sexual intimate partner violence (IPV), emotional IPV and reproductive coercion (RC) and (2)...
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Influence of climatic factors and floristic diversity on the foraging activity of Apis mellifera adansonii Latreille in a West African Savannah
. Issaka Wendpanga Kanazoe, Issa Nombré, Sambo Ouédraogo, Joseph Issaka Boussim, Nicolas J.The foraging activities of pollinators depend on a variety of factors, such as the availability of pollen and nectar resources or the seasonality. We performed measurements on the activity patterns of Apis mellifera adansonii Latreille by focusing on different factors: (i) we counted the number...
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Surface Formations Salinity Survey in an Estuarine Area of Northern Morocco, by Crossing Satellite Imagery, Discriminant Analysis, and Machine Learning
Youssouf El Jarjini 1 , Moad Morarech 1 , Vincent Valles 2,3 , Abdessamad Touiouine 4 , Meryem Touzani 5 , Youssef Arjdal 6 , Abdoul Azize Barry 7 and Laurent Barbiero 8,The salinity of estuarine areas in arid or semi-arid environments can reach high values, conditioning the distribution of vegetation and soil surface characteristics. While many studies focused on the prediction of soil salinity as a function of numerous parameters, few attempted to explain the...
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The role and contribution of civil society and community actors in COVID-19 prevention and control: the case of the COMVID COVID-19 movement in Burkina Faso
Orokia Sory, Joël Arthur Kiendrébéogo, Yamba Kafando, Issa Kaboré, Charlemagne Tapsoba, Simon Kaboré, Seyni Mbaye, Cheickna TouréCommunities should play a crucial role in the fight against public health emergencies but ensuring their effective and sustained engagement remains a challenge in many countries. In this article, we describe the process of mobilising community actors to contribute to the fight against COVID-19...
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Screen House Assessment of Cowpea [(Vigna unguiculata (L.)] Genotypes for Drought Tolerance Using Selection Indices
Sekou Armand Sanogo, Sory Diallo, Teyioue Benoit Joseph Batieno, Adejumobi Idris Ishola, Nerbéwendé Sawadogo, Daniel NyadanuCowpea [Vigna unguiculata (L.)] is one of the most important arid legumes cultivated for pulse and forage production. Drought is one of the most damageable constraints to crop production impacting negatively food security. The potential of cowpea to address food security is well established....
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Quantification of diversity sampling bias resulting from rice root bacterial isolation on popular and nitrogen-free culture media using 16S amplicon barcoding
Moussa Sondo, Issa Wonni, Agnieszka Klonowska, Kadidia Koïta, Lionel MoulinCulturing bacteria from plant material is well known to be conducive to strong bias compared to the actual diversity in the original samples. This bias is related to the bacterial cultivability, chemical composition of the media and culture conditions. Recovery bias is often observed but has...
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Evaluation des besoins en préparations hospitalières pédiatriques dans les Centres Hospitaliers Universitaires de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Zimé Diawara Hermine, Sombié B. Charles, Yaméogo B.G. Josias, Bagaya Harouna, Delma Kouka Luc, Semdé RasmanéLes préparations hospitalières, médicaments préparés au sein des hôpitaux, sont demandées principalement dans les spécialités pédiatrie et dermatologie. Il est rapporté par l’OMS, au sujet des médicaments, le problème de non disponibilité de formes galéniques pédiatriques...
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Sustainable dietary weight loss intervention and its effects on cardiometabolic parameters and greenhouse gas emissions: study protocol of a randomised controlled trial with overweight and obese adults in Ouagadougou, Burkina Fas
Alina Herrmann ,1 Anais Gonnet,1 Roche Modeste Millogo,2 Wendmintiri Jeanne d'Arc Kabré,2 Tenin Rosine Beremwidougou,2 Issa Coulibaly,2 Idrissa Ouili,2 Souleymane Zoromé,2 Konstantin Weil,1 Hannah Fuelbert,1 Abdramane Soura,2 Ina Danquah1Introduction The global obesity epidemic and its adverse
health effects have reached sub-Saharan Africa. In some
urban settings, like Burkina Faso’s capital Ouagadougou,
up to 43% of the adult population are overweight or
obese. At the same time, modernised food systems are...
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Development of a chemical tracer and a chromatographic fingerprint for the quality control of finished products based on hydroethanol extract of fresh leaves of Cassia alata (L.) Roxb (Fabaceae.)
Rodolphe P. F. Yaméogo , Salfo Ouédraogo, Boubacar Yaro, Abdoul Karim Sakira , Bavouma C. Sombié , Josias G. B. Yaméogo , Rasmané SemdéCassia alata is used in the treatment of dermatoses. Quality control of herbal products remains difficult and complex. This study aims to develop a quality control approach for a hydroethanol extract of fresh Cassia alata leaves (EHCA), raw material and its antimicrobial soap, the finished...