Publications (10622)
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Socioeconomic and contextual determinants of cervical cancer screening uptake in West Africa: a multilevel analysis of recent DHS data from five countries
Aristide Romaric Bado, Hervé Bassinga, Douba Nabié
Background
Cervical cancer remains a leading cause of cancer-related morbidity and mortality among women in sub-Saharan Africa, despite effective screening methods. This study examined individual- and household-level predictors of ever having been screened for cervical cancer in 5 West African countries and residual between-cluster variation(...)
Uterine cervical neoplasms; Early detection of cancer; Socioeconomic factors; Health services accessibility; Multilevel analysis
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ASSESSMENT OF FARMER MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AND CULINARY USES OF MORINGA OLEIFERA LAM. LEAVES IN BASSITENGA PROVINCE OF BURKINA FASO
Nikodème Vonogo KABRE, Sévérin TUINA, Philippe BANAZARO Mahamadi Hamed OUEDRAOGO
The major contribution of leafy vegetables to dietary habits and traditional African medicine has prompted investigations into Moringa oleifera, whose uses remain largely based on empirical knowledge. A distinctive feature of this plant is that all its parts are used either in human nutrition or in traditional medicine. However, very few studi(...)
M. oleifera Lam., ethnobotany, cultivation practices, food valorization, Burkina Faso.
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Governance deficits in urban mobility systems: Institutional coordination, capacity gaps and planning challenges in Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
Mohamed Ibrahim BALLO, Houd KANAZOE, Joseph YAMEOGO
Rapid urbanisation in African cities has intensified pressures on urban mobility systems. In Ouagadougou, sustained population growth, urban sprawl, and rising travel demand continue to challenge the efficiency of urban transport despite ongoing investments in infrastructure and services. This study examines the institutional, organisational,(...)
Urban Mobility; Governance; Urban Transport; Institutional Coordination; Urbanisation; Ouagadougou; Burkina Faso
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Spatio-temporal analysis of extreme rainfall indices in Burkina Faso using RClimDex
Joseph Yaméogo, Boureima Yo, Alimata Zorom and Pawendkisgou Isidore Yanogo
This study examines extreme precipitation trends across Burkina Faso’s Sahelian, Sudano-Sahelian, and Sudanian zones from 1991 to 2023, amid growing hydro-climatic variability in West Africa. The aim is to determine whether changes in rainfall extremes reflect gradual trends, structural shifts, or both. Three indices were analyzed: maximum 1-d(...)
Extreme precipitation; climate change; hydro- climatic variability; Burkina Faso
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LES INÉGALITÉS EN MATIÈRE DE TRANSFERTS DE FONDS ET LEURS RÉPERCUSSIONS SUR LES CONDITIONS DE VIE DES MÉNAGES LEFT BEHIND
Gabriel SANGLI; Souhoude OUEDRAOGO
L'originalité de cet article réside dans la cible de l'étude, à savoir les enfants left behind, autrement dit, les enfants restés au pays d’origine des parents au moment de leur départ ou renvoyé dans ce pays après la migration de leurs parents biologiques. L'objectif est d'analyser les effets des transferts ou envois d’argent/ de fonds dans l(...)
Migration, Enfant left behind, Inégalités, Transfert de fonds, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso
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DONALD J. TRUMP’S POLITICAL SLOGAN, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN: A BLENDING OF POPULISM, NOSTALGIA, AND NATIONALISM
Abdoulaye DRABO; Harrouna MALGOURI; Wôkoudo Marcel MASSIMBO; Aouia BADJIOU
This paper addresses the lack of a comprehensive analysis of the ideological components of Donald J. Trump’s “Make America Great Again” (MAGA) slogan by
examining how it served as a rhetorical tool to win the 2016 presidential election. In this paper we qualitatively and conceptually analyze Trump’s campaign materials from 2015–2016 using Cas(...)
American identity, Nationalism, Nostalgia, Political rhetoric, Populism
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Ethnovariety Diversity, Endogenous Sustainable Management Strategies, and Socio-Cultural Services of Calabash [Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.] in Burkina Faso: An Ethnobotanical Study
Abel Sawadogo, Karim Abdou Traoré , Fanta Reine Sheirita Tietiambou, Mariam Kiébré, Hamid El Bilali, and Zakaria Kiébré
Calabash (Lagenaria siceraria (Molina) Standl.) has long been an essential species for communities in Africa. Over the past decades, its production has gradually declined. Developing knowledge of existing ethnovarieties and the causes of their decline, as well of the socio-cultural services associated with the ethnovarieties and the chosen loc(...)
biodiversity conservation; endogenous knowledge; management strategies; sustainable resource use; neglected and underutilized species; West Africa
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Ethnobotanical study and safety assessment of medicinal plants from Guiriko region of Burkina Faso used for their doping properties
Clarisse Ouédraogo, Nabéré Ouattara, Samson Guenné, Benjamin K. Koama, Emmanuel Zongo, Zacharia Kabré, Eliasse Zongo , Sami E. Kam, Sonia M. B. M'Po, Franck Le Sage Téounviel Somda, Isaac Saamou Boni, Hadidiatou Belem, Windmi Kagambéga and Roland N.T. Meda
The use of medicinal plants remains an essential practice in sub-Saharan Africa, where they constitute a major therapeutic and socio-cultural resource objective of the study was to investigate medicinal plants used for doping in the city of Bobo-Dioulasso. Methods: To do this, a semi-structured ethnobotanical survey was first conducted among t(...)
Ethnobotany, Performance-enhancing plants, Phytochemistry, Safety, Burkina Faso
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In vitro assessment of Bambara groundnut M3 mutant genotypes for resistance to Macrophomina phaseolina (Tassi) Goid. in the seedling stage in Burkina Faso
Brahime Tingueri*, Souleymane Ouattara, Adjima Ouoba, Romain W. Soalla, Mahamadi Hamed Ouedraogo
Bambara groundnut is one of the food legumes with significant nutritional potential. However, this crop is susceptible to numerous fungal diseases, particularly seedling blight caused by Macrophomina phaseolina. The objective of this study was to identify resistant genotypes to M. phaseolina. Thus, nineteen Bambara groundnut genotypes, includi(...)
Bambara groundnut, Mutants, M. phaseolina, Resistance, Burkina Faso
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Urban resilience under pressure: Forced displacement, territorial reconfiguration and the challenges of planning, mobility and infrastructure in Ouahigouya, Burkina Faso
Mohamed Ibrahim Ballo & Joseph Yaméogo
Security crises affecting the Sahel over the past several years have profoundly transformed theurban dynamics of cities hosting displaced populations. In Burkina Faso, the city of Ouahigouya hasbecome one of the principal refuge centres for internally displaced persons (IDPs), resulting in rapidpopulation growth and increasing pressure on urba(...)
urban resilience, internally displaced persons (IDPs), crisis-induced urbanization, secondary cities, urban mobility, spatial planning, Urban Resilience Stress Index (URSI), Burkina Faso
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Flexible Dependence Modeling for VaR Using Bernstein’s Copula
Vini Yves Bernadin Loyara, Fabrice Ouoba Kpèbbèwèrè Cédric Somé , Remi Guillaume Bagré and Diakarya Barro
In this work, we establish theoretical and numerical links between the Bernstein copula, the Bernstein polynomial, and Value at Risk (VaR) in the context of dependence approximation in financial risk. Thanks to the smoothing induced by this copula, we express the portfolio VaR as the quantile of an approximate joint distribution, highlighting(...)
copulas, Bernstein copula; multivariate dependence; degree of discor- dance; value-at-Risk; Bienaymé-Tchebychev inequality.
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Cost analysis of a nationwide typhoid conjugate vaccine campaign in Burkina Faso.
Koulidiati J-L, Zoma RL, Nebié EI, Yameogo S, Neya Ouedraogo C, Kiendrébéogo JA, Debellut F
Background
In Burkina Faso, typhoid fever remains a major public health concern, particularly among children under 15. In January 2025, a nationwide campaign introduced the typhoid
conjugate vaccine targeting children aged 9 months to 14 years. This study aimed to estimate the cost of typhoid conjugate vaccine delivery during the national ca(...)
Typhoid conjugate Vaccine, Immunization campaign, delivery cost, Burkina Faso
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Pig Farming Systems and Pathways to Agroecological Intensification in Burkina Faso, West Africa
Dominique OUEDRAOGO, Sidnoma Abdoul Aziz TRAORE, Ramsès Eden Kuassi Monkotan, Bendi Tandamba, Luc Hippolyte Dossa
This study analyzed the diversity of management of pig farming systems in Burkina Faso and their possible implications for agroecological intensification. Data were collected from 387 pig farmers in rural and peri-urban areas across two major agroecological zones using a semi-structured questionnaire. Farmers' socio-economic characteristics an(...)
agroecology, farming, Intensification, sub-Saharan Africa, Sus scrofa domesticus
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À l’intersection du veuvage et de la retraite : l’émergence du vide social à Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Yisso Fidèle Bacyé; George Rouamba; Moubassiré Sigué
Cet article analyse les formes de solitudes des personnes qui se trouvent à l’intersection de la retraite et du veuvage dans la ville de Ouagadougou. Si la personne était jusqu’alors dépositaire d’un capital social constitué de la parentèle et des collègues, la retraite et le veuvage marquent une désagrégation de ce capital, par l’étiolement d(...)
retraite, veuvage vide social, solitude, Ouagadougou
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Production technology and physicochemical and microbiological characteristics ready-to-drink orange juice sold in Ouagadougou city’
CISSE Hama , TRAORE Roukiatou , ZONGO Oumarou , DJIBRINE Adoum Oumar , SOU Serge , SAWADOGO Adama , Abdelsalam A. Doutoum and SAVADOGO Aly
Oranges are consumed in many African countries. In Burkina Faso, they are consumed in various forms. In particular, they are used in the production of juices and nectars. Orange juice is a non-concentrated, undiluted, and unfermented liquid with a variable chemical composition and diverse properties. The objective of this study was to evaluate(...)
Orange juice, Process flow diagram, Ready-to-drink, Microbiological analyses, Physicochemical analyses, Ouagadougou