Publications (5578)
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COVID-19 Among Internally Displaced Persons in Burkina Faso: Psychosocial Impact and Intervention Strategies
Sébastien Yougbaré1, Aicha Nadège Ouedraogo2, Bowendsom Valérie Claudine Rouamba/Ouedraogo3Since the onset of the health crisis caused by the COVID-19 epidemic in Burkina Faso, the already critical situation of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) following terrorist attacks, has worsened. IDPs – who face an existential crisis – are further stricken by the psychosocial...
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Enigma of the high prevalence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 antibodies in HIV-positive people with no symptoms of COVID-19 in Burkina Faso.
Tani Sagna, Paul Ouedraogo, Lassina Traore, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Albert Yonli, Aristide Tapsoba, Frida Tovo, Abel Sorgho, Laetitia Zongo, Ouégo Nikiema, Dénise Ilboudo, Marius Belemgnegre, Christelle W. Nadembega, Djeneba Ouermi, Florencia W. Djigma, Théodora M. Zohoncon, Henriette Poaty, Vittorio Colizzi, Jacques SimporeThe severe acute respiratory syndrome due to the new coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2), responsible for coronavirus disease (COVID-19), has severely tested the global health response capacity, with predictions of a fatality for developing countries. To evaluate the prevalence of anti-SARS-CoV- 2...
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The design and implementation of an IoT-based health monitoring system in Burkina Faso
Manegaouinde Roland TOUGMA, Désiré GUEL, Justin P. KOURAOGO, Yann SANOU, Boureima ZERBOWe present a health monitoring system for patients in Burkina Faso with the objective of preventing the spread of disease and obtaining a good diagnosis even at remote. An IoT application has been realized in three phases by: designing a web application; designing a digital records tracking...
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Towards a plant pathologies detection solution
Abou SANOU and Jean Serge Dimitri OUATTARA and Didier BASSOLE and Abdoulaye SERE and Yaya TRAOREAgriculture is very important in Africa. But farmers are dealing with many plants pathologies that keep agriculture from developing and boosting the economy. Current pathologies diagnosis based on human screening is time consuming and expensive, while computer visionbased models are efficiently...
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The world of Sahelian hydrogeology. Identities, frontiers and perspectives of an "invisibilised" scientific discipline
Riaux, J.(1), Plagnes, V.(2), Tall, Y.(1), Bokar, H. (3), Gaye, C.B.(4), Kadjangaba E.(5), Kafando, S.(6), Koita, M. . (7) , Lachassagne P.(8) , Mohamed, A.S.(9), Nazoumou, Y.(10)The understanding, exploitation and management of groundwater in the Sahelian regions are major
social, political and environmental challenges with respect to the achievement of the Sustainable
Development Goals, especially the water-related SDG 6, whose ambitions are still far from being...
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Les techniques culturales développées dans un contexte de changement climatique en zone sahélienne favoriseraient-elles une recharge des aquifères ?
Zouré CO., Koïta M., Yonaba R., Queloz P., Fowé T., Mounirou LA., Niang D., Consuegra D., Karambiri H.Au Sahel, les paysans ont adopté des pratiques innovantes pour atténuer les effets de la variabilité climatique et de la dégradation des sols sur la production agricole. Cette étude évalue les performances hydrologiques de trois techniques de conservation des eaux et des sols (CES)...
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Impact environnemental des décharges d’ordures ménagères sur les eaux souterraines en milieu urbain à géologie cristallin fracturé : Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
abdoul-azize BARRY, Suzanne YAMEOGO, Marina GILLON, Samuel NAKOLENDOUSSE, Abdessamad TOUIOUINE, Meryem JABRANE, Vincent VALLESLa pollution des nappes d’eau souterraine situées au droit des installations de stockage de déchets
ménagers est liée à l'infiltration des lixiviats qui véhiculent une forte charge polluante [1]. Le suivi de la
propagation de ces panaches de polluant dans les aquifères n’est pas...
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Evolution of the Average Temperature of the Interior Atmosphere of a Habitable Cell Made of Foamed Concrete in Burkina Faso
Adelaïde Lareba Ouédraogo, Etienne Malbila, Dieudonné Dabilgou, Fati Oumarou Amadou, Souleymane Ouédraogo, Salifou Ouédraogo, Adamah Messan, Sié Kam, Dieudonné Joseph Bathiebo, Florent Pèlèga Kiéno and Philippe BlanchartAims: The energy domain is responsible for the production of many gaseous, liquid and solid pollutants, strongly contributing to climate change. The provision of bioclimatic habitats to households is therefore necessary since it will contribute to the reduction of energy consumption. This work...
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Fertility transition in Dakar, Nairobi and Ouagadougou since the 1970s: an identical reduction at all ages through modern contraception?
Millogo Roch, Rossier ClémentineWhile some researchers have predicted a fertility transition in sub-Saharan Africa similar to that witnessed in Europe, Latin America, or Asia, where practices of fertility limitation and long-term contraception have played a major role, others believe that it will differ. The aim of this...
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Numerical Study of the Effect of Henry’s Constant on the Mechanisms of pesticides Transfer in The Superficial Layers of Hygroscopic Soils
Samuel Ouoba, Auguste A. Soré, Abdoulaye Kaboré and Jean KoulidiatiWe describe the transfer mechanisms of pesticides in hygroscopic soils. The work consisted in using Henry’s constants of five pesticides to study the transfer mechanisms. The numerical work consisted to make a soil sample of height h with initial water content w0 and initial pesticide...
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Enhancing food production to prevent households from food insecurity in rural Burkina Faso: Does land ownership matter?
SEOGO WindinkontéPurpose – This paper assesses the effect of land ownership on household food security through its
productivity enhancement effect in rural Burkina Faso.
Design/methodology/approach – As the link between land tenure security and productivity is indirect, the
study relies on a complex mixed...
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Purification potential of local media in the pre-treatment of greywater using vertical biofilters under Sahelian conditions
COMPAORE Cheik Omar Tidiane, MAIGA Ynoussa, OUILI S. Amidou, NIKIEMA Mahamadi, OUATTARA Aboubakar SidikiSeveral on-site greywater treatment systems are under development including biofiltration, whose efficiency is influenced by the filter media. Therefore, the main objective of this study was to evaluate the influence of the type of filter media and their grain size in the removal of organic and...
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Factors affecting sustainable agricultural intensification in Burkina Faso
MARE Tobignaré Florent; ZAHONOGO Pam; SAVADOGO KimseyingaFarmers in Burkina Faso, as in Sub-Saharan Africa overall, face multiple combined difficulties like water stress, continued land degradation and low soil fertility due to climate change effects. To simultaneously overcome these difficulties, where agriculture accounts for more than a third of...
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Simulation and Experimentation of Water Heating in a Metal Tube Placed in a Solar Collector
Boureima Kaboré, Germain Wende Pouiré Ouedraogo , Boukaré Ouedraogo, Salia Drabo, Sié Kam, Dieudonné Joseph BathieboOur work relates to a numerical and experimental study of a solar exchanger designed and tested in Laboratory of Renewable Thermal Energy. This device is a unit for transforming solar radiation into thermal energy. The objective of our work is to study the evolution of temperature in the...
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KIR2DL5B and HLA DRB1*12 alleles seems to be associated with protection against HIV-1 in serodiscordant couples in Burkina Faso
Tatiana Doriane Lallogo, Florencia W Djigma, Pegdwendé Abel Sorgho, Jeremy James Martinson, Tégwindé Rebeca Compaore, Lassina Traore, Prosper Bado, Bapio Valérie Elvira Jean Télesphore Bazie, Lanyo Jospin Amegnona, Thérèse S Kagone, Rogomenoma Alice Ouedraogo, Denise P Ilboudo, Dorcas Obiri‐Yeboah, Albert T Yonli, Jacques SimporeThe human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) belongs to the Retroviridae family and remains a public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. Recent reports from WHO have shown that 33 million people died from HIV infections. HIV is one of the most serious fatal human diseases of the 20th and 21st...