Publications (484)
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Sero-prevalence and risk factors for hepatitis E virus infection among pregnant women in the Cape Coast Metropolis, Ghana
Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Yaw Asante Awuku, Joseph Adu, Faustina Pappoe, Evans Obboh, Paul Nsiah, Daniel Amoako-Sakyi, Jacques Simpore
Background: Hepatitis E virus is an emerging infection in Africa with poor maternal and foetal outcomes. There is scanty data on the sero-prevalence of HEV infection among pregnant women in Ghana. This study highlighted the prevalence and risk factors associated with HEV infection among pregnant women in Cape Coast Metropolis, Central Region o(...)
Hépatite E ; Séroprévalence ; Femmes enceintes ; Ghana ; Risques maternels et néonatals
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Breast cancer: descriptive profile of 80 women attending breast cancer care in the Department of General and Digestive Surgery of CHU-YO
Hierrhum Aboubacar Bambara, Abdou Azaque Zouré, Alexis Yobi Sawadogo, Abdoul Karim Ouattara, Nabonswindé Lamoussa Marie Ouédraogo, Si Simon Traoré, Youssef Bakri, Jacques Simpore
Introduction: Breast cancer is a common cause of death among women in Burkina Faso. The aim of this study was to determine a descriptive profile of 80 women and establish a description of risk factors associated with breast cancer in these women.
Methods: This cross-sectional study recruited women with breast cancer in Ouagadougou. Teaching(...)
Breast cancer; Burkina Faso; descriptive profile; risk factors.
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Identification and Antibioresistance Characterisation of Culturable Bacteria in the Intestinal Microbiota of Mosquitoes
Yerbanga RS, Aminata Fofana, Mathilde Gendrin, Ibrahim Sangare, Soufiane Sanou, Soumeya Ouangraoua, Somé AF, Aly Drabo, Jacques Simpore, Thierry Lefèvre, Anna Cohuet, George Christophides, Ouédraogo JB
Background: The bacterial microbiota which colonize the mosquito midgut play an important role in vector-parasite interactions and consequently can modulate the level of malaria transmission. Their characterization may contribute to new control strategies of malaria transmission. However, these bacteria may also be eliminated in areas of high(...)
Escherichia coli; Klebsiella pneumonia;Pseudomonas luteola
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ANTIBACTERIAL AND ANTI-INFLAMMATORY ACTIVITIES OF CRUDE EXTRACTS OF THREE TOGOLESE MEDICINAL PLANTS AGAINST ESBL KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE STRAINS
Gerard A. Toudji, Emmanuel Thiombiano, Simplice D. Karou, Kokou Anani, Yao Adjrah, Holaly E. Gbekley, Martin Kiendrebeogo, Yaovi Ameyapoh, Jacques Simpore
Background: Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth., Securidaca longepedunculata Fresn and Cryptolepis sanguinolenta (Lindl.) Schlt are three plants widely used in the Togolese traditional medicine to treat microbial infections. Some studies reported their antibacterial activity alone but until know there no data concerning their possible interact(...)
antibiotics, extended-spectrum beta lactamase, plant extract, bacteria, Togo
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SEROLOGICAL DIAGNOSIS IN SUSPECTED DENGUE CASES AT SAINT CAMILLE HOSPITAL OF OUAGADOUGOU: HIGH PREVALENCE OF INFECTION AMONG YOUNG ADULTS AGED 15 TO 30 YEARS
Abdoul Karim Ouattara, Christelle Nadembega, Birama Diarra, Theodora Zohoncon, Albert Yonli, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Marius Belemgnegre, Paul Ouedraogo, Virginio Pietra, Jacques Simpore
Dengue fever is currently a major public health problem in Burkina Faso. The aim of this study was
to determine seroprevalence and dengue infection evolution during the years 2016 and 2017. The
study population consisted of 3572 patients aged 0 to 84 years seen at in general medicine
consultation from January 2016 to November 2017 and refer(...)
Dengue, Ns1Ag, Seroprevalence, Burkina Faso
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Socioeconomic differences in disability by age in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-national study using the World Health Survey
Yentéma Onadja, Simona Bignami, Maria-Victoria Zunzunegui
This study aims to examine the relationship between socio-economic status (as measured by education) and multiple disability measures among adults in eighteen sub-Saharan African countries, and to determine whether the strength of this relationship varies across age groups. The analysis uses data drawn from the 2002–04 World Hea(...)
Mots clés non renseignés
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Thyroid disorders among older people in burkina faso
Christelle Nadembega, Abdoul Karim Ouattara, Birama Diarra, Dorcas Obiri-Yeboah, Théodora Zohoncon, Virginio Pietra, Jacques Simpore
Introduction: Thyroid disorders are common in adults with significant clinical consequences. The objective of this study was to estimate the prevalence of biochemical hyperthyroidism and hypothyroidism in older people in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso. Material and Methods: This was a retrospective analysis of thyroid function tests results of peop(...)
TSH, FT4, Hyperthyroidism, Hypothyroidism, Elderly, Burkina Faso
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ETHNOBOTANICAL STUDY OF PLANTS USED TO TREAT ASTHMA IN THE MARITIME REGION IN TOGO
Holaly E. Gbekley, Gnatoulma Katawa, Simplice D. Karou, S. Kokou Anani, Tchacondo Tchadjobo, Yaovi Ameyapoh, Komlan Batawila, Jacques Simpore
Background: Asthma is one of the most common chronic diseases in modern society and it is evident that its incidence and severity are increasing, however very little is known about the plants used in the management of the disease. This study therefore aimed to document the plants usage in the Togolese traditional medicine to treat asthma.
M(...)
Asthme ; Togo ; plantes médicinales ; enquête ; médecine traditionnelle
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Avulsion de molaires mandibulaires: L’anesthésie para-apicale suffit-elle ?
Augustin Sawadogo, Pierre Sore, Patrice Guiguemdé, Jocelyne Kopioh-Gare, Youssouf Ouédraogo, Bruno Ella
L’obtention d’une analgésie complète reste au centre des préoccupations du praticien.
Les techniques d’anesthésie, quelles qu’elles soient, ne sont pas efficaces dans 100 % des cas. Et cela est encore plus vrai pour l’analgésie des molaires mandibulaires.
La plupart des auteurs sont partagés quant à l’efficacité de certaines techniques d’ane(...)
analgesie; 3é molaire, extraction
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Acute and sub-acute toxicity of Pithecellobium dulce (Roxb.) Benth. stem bark hydroalcoholic extract on Wistar rats
Gérard A. Toudji, Kossivi Dosseh, Simplice D. Karou, Yao Adjrah, Kokou Anani, Yaovi Ameyapoh, Jacques Simpore
Context: Pithecellobium dulce (PD) is an annual herbaceous plant
commonly used in African traditional medicine as a purgative,
antipyretic, anti-ulcer and wound dressing agent.
Aims: To evaluate the acute and sub-acute toxicity of P. dulce stem bark
hydroethanolic extract in Wistar rats.
Methods: In the acute test, a single dose of 5 g/kg(...)
animal model; medicinal plants; pharmacology; toxicology.
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Prevalence and resistance profile of extended-spectrum β-lactamases-producing Enterobacteriaceae in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Dissinviel Stéphane Kpoda, Nathalie Guessennd, Juste Isidore Bonkoungou, Mohamed Baguy Ouattara, Fernique Konan, Abraham Ajayi, Jacques Simpore, Rasmata Ouedraogo, Koiné Maxime Drabo, Lassana Sangare, Mireille Dosso, Alfred Traore
Increasing bacterial resistance to antimicrobial agents has become an issue of concern. A major problem of the treatment of infections caused by Enterobacteriaceae using antibiotics is the emergence of Extended-spectrum β-lactamases (ESBL)-producing Enterobacteriaceae. This study aims to determine the prevalence of ESBL-producing Enterobacteri(...)
Enterobacteriaceae, Extended-Spectrum Beta-lactamases (ESBL), Burkina Faso.
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Medicinal Plants Used for Neuropsychiatric Disorders Treatment in the Hauts Bassins Region of Burkina Faso
Prosper T. Kinda, Patrice Zerbo , Samson Guenné , Moussa Compaoré, Alin Ciobica and Martin Kiendrebeogo
Background: In Burkina Faso, phytotherapy is the main medical alternative used by populations to manage various diseases that affect the nervous system. The aim of the present study was to report medicinal plants with psychoactive properties used to treat neuropsychiatric disorders in the Hauts Bassins region, in the western zone of Burkina Fa(...)
Neuropsychiatry, phytotherapy, traditional healers, Burkina Faso
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Characterisation of the rural indigent population in Burkina Faso: a screening tool for setting priority healthcare services in sub-Saharan Africa
Samiratou Ouédraogo, Valéry Ridde, Nicole Atchessi, Aurélia Souares,Jean-Louis Koulidiati, Quentin Stoeffler, Maria-Victoria Zunzunegui
Background In Africa, health research on indigent people has focused on how to target them for services, but little research has been conducted to identify the social groups that compose indigence. Our aim was to identify what makes someone indigent beyond being recognised by the community as needing a card for free healthcare. Methods We used(...)
Indigent; population; screening; healthcare servicess; Burkina Faso
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Why Performance-Based Financing in Chad Failed to Emerge on the National Policy Agenda?
Joël Arthur Kiendrébéogo, Zubin Cyrus Shroff, Abdramane Berthé, Lamoudi Yonli, Mahamat Béchir, Bruno Meessen
Supported by the World Bank (WB), Chad implemented a performance-based financing (PBF) scheme as a pilot, from October 2011 to May 2013. However, despite promising results and the government's stated commitment to ensure its continuation after the World Bank's departure, PBF failed to come onto the national policy agenda. This article aims to(...)
Africa, agenda setting, Chad, Kingdon, multiple streams approach, performance-based financing, pilot, policy analysis, policy non emergence
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Composés bioactifs isolés des plantes à propriété anti-diabétique: Revue de littérature
GBEKLEY Efui Holaly, Kodjovi AGBODEKA, Karou Simplice Damintoti, Kokou ANANI, Adjrah Yao, Toudji Gérard, Ameyapoh Blaise, Jacques Simpore, Gbeassor Messanvi
Diabetes (diabetes) is a disease (or rather syndrome) Endocrine most prevalent. It is estimated diabetics to more than 100 million worldwide and this figure and the percentage of the affected population are steadily increasing (around 6% in the "rich" countries). non-insulin-dependent diabetes (type 2, fatty diabetes or the elderly) that are r(...)
Hypoglycemic compounds, plants, chemical structures, diabetes mellitus, phototherapy.