Publications (169)
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The Population Seen from Space: When Satellite Images Come to the Rescue of the Census
Edith Darin, Mathias Kuépié, Hervé Bassinga, Gianluca Boo, Andrew J. Tatem, Translated by Paul Reeve
The size of the population, the denominator of many statistical indicators, is crucial for public policy. National statistical offices organize the collection of this information, most often through a census. But what happens when parts of a country are not accessible to census enumerators? Today, spatial data extracted from satellite imagery(...)
gridded population, geospatial data, census, hierarchical model, Bayesian statistics, building footprint, remote sensing
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Stunting, age at school entry and academic performance in developing countries: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Rabi Joël Gansaonré , Lynne Moore , Louis-Philippe Bleau , Jean-François Kobiané , Slim Haddad
Aim: To review evidence of the effects of stunting, or height-for-age, on schooling level and schooling trajectories, defined as the combination of school entry age, grade repetition and dropouts.
Methods: We conducted a systematic review of studies (last update 20 March 2021) that assessed the association between stunting, or height-for-ag(...)
dropout, grade repetition, height-for-age, school entry, stunting
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Factors associated with childhood chronic malnutrition in West and Central Africa: a scoping review
Pengdewende Maurice Sawadogo, Drissa Sia, Eric Tchouaket Nguemeleu, Jean-François Kobiane, Yentema Onadja, Stephanie Robins
Chronic malnutrition is a major public health concern that is the focus of a large body of scientific research. However, there is no synthesis of knowledge about the factors associated with this disease in West and Central Africa, where its prevalence is particularly high. We conducted a systematic search for scientific articles published betw(...)
Central Africa, Chronic malnutrition, West Africa, child, factors associated
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Plants and Medicinal Practices in Burkina Faso: The Case of Breast Cancer
Mindiempo Hyacinthe Thiombiano, Mindièdiba Jean Bangou, Béboila Ouoba, Mamadou Sawadogo, Amandine Lema, Aminata P. Nacoulma, Hermann Yempabou Ouoba, Georges Anicet Ouedraogo
Plants possess therapeutic properties thanks to the different secondary metabolites that are stored in them and
constitute a large reservoir. In front of the recurring problems of breast cancer, an investigation on these medicinal plants could allow the development of new biomolecules which would be an alternative against breast cancer. It is(...)
Breast Cancer, Recipes, Traditional Healers, Burkina Faso
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Etude du pouvoir hépatoprotecteur d’Argemone mexicana L. (Papavearceae), une plante médicinale du Burkina Faso
Seydou Sourabie, Aminata P. Nacoulma, Jean-Baptiste Nikieme, Martine Kiendrebeogo
Introduction: L’objectif de l’étude visait à déterminer le pouvoir d’hépatoprotection de cette plante à travers trois extraits testés sur des rats Wistar préalablement rendus ictériques par injection intra-péritonéale (i.p.) de tétrachlorure de carbone CCl4 (0,5 mL/kg).
Méthodologie : Après induction d’un ictère expérimental à des rats wista(...)
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Stunting, age at school entry and academic performance in developing countries: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Rabi Joël Gansaonré , Lynne Moore , Louis-Philippe Bleau , Jean-François Kobiané , Slim Haddad
Aim
To review evidence of the effects of stunting, or height-for-age, on schooling level and schooling trajectories, defined as the combination of school entry age, grade repetition and dropouts.
Methods
We conducted a systematic review of studies (last update 20 March 2021) that assessed the association between stunting, or height-for-ag(...)
stunting, height-for-age, children, school entry, grade repetition, school dropout, schooling level
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The role of family networks and social capital on women’s fertility intentions in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
BOUGMA Moussa, ROSSIER Clémentine
Family solidarities remain strong in African societies. In Ouagadougou, transfers within extended family networks provide an omnipresent means for coping with life’s difficulties, and the desired number of children remains relatively high. The role of family networks in maintaining high fertility is rarely studied however for lack of data in c(...)
Demand for children, extended family, family networks, socioeconomic resources, urban subSaharan Africa
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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 Clémentine
While 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 article is to contribute to this debate, testing Caldwe(...)
fertility transition, contraception, sexual exposure, Dakar, Nairobi, Ouagadougou
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Contribution to the valorization of plants used in the management of rheumatic diseases in Burkina Faso
Aminata P. Nacoulma, Gontili Reine Elodie Karambiri, Naamwin-So-Bawfu Romaric Meda, Jean Mitièba Bangou, Moussa Ouédraogo, Dieu-Donné Ouedraogo
Joint pain is a real public health problem. According to recent studies, it is increasingly common in sub-Saharan Africa and represents a cause of greater loss of working days than accidents, heart disease and infections. The aim of this study was to study the pharmacochemical and therapeutic evidence of ten (10) plants used in the management(...)
Medicinal Plants, Anti-Inflammatory, Rheumatic Pathologies
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Contribution à la valorisation de plantes à propriété anti-inflammatoire utilisées dans la prise en charge des affections rhumatismales au Burkina Faso
Aminata P. Nacoulma; Gontili Reine Elodie Karambiri, N. Romaric Méda, Dieu-Donné Ouédraogo
Introduction : La polyarthrite rhumatoïde, un exemple de rhumatisme inflammatoire chronique et auto-immune, constitue un véritable problème de santé publique. Sa prévalence au Burkina Faso était de 2.1 en 2011 pour une prise en charge médicamenteuse quasi inaccessible aux populations à faible revenu. Ainsi, dans un environnement économique déf(...)
facteur de consensus, niveau de fidélité, Trichilia emetica Vahl, Guiera senegalensis J.F.G.mel., Calotropis procera (Ait) Ait . F., Crescientia cujete L.
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Antitumoral effect of Striga hermonthica (Delile) Benth. methanolic extract is mediated by alterations on procaspase-3 and cyclin B expression in prostate cancer cell lines
Mindièdiba Jean Bangou, Tangbadioa Hervé Coulidiati, Aminata P. Nacoulma, Abdoulaye Segda, Emmanuel AM Thiombiano, Georges Anicet Ouedraogo
Cancer is one of the major public health problems of the 21st century. Its incidence is increasing in both developed and low-income countries. This trend is justified by the change in people's lifestyles. Cancer of the prostate is one of major cancer types affecting male population. The present study focused on the use of methanolic extract of(...)
Plant derived products, anti-tumoral, prostate cancer
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Does sex composition of offspring relate to fertility in urban areas? The case of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Bougma, Moussa, Vissého Adjiwanou, Jean-François Kobiané
With the onset of the demographic transition in sub-Saharan Africa, couples’ desired number of children and the sex composition of offspring may become conflicted, with potential effects on future fertility. While intuitively expected, this effect has not been observed in studies in sub-Saharan Africa, where the level of fertility is higher th(...)
Family Planning and Contraception, Fertility, Sex preference
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Ethnobotanical survey on medicinal plants used in Burkina Faso in the treatment of breast cancer, phytochemistry and antioxidant activities: Euphorbia poissonii Pax and Flueggea virosa (Willd.) Voigt. (Euphorbiaceae)
Hyacinthe Mindiempo Thiombiano, Mindièdiba Jean Bangou, Aminata P. Nacoulma, Béboila Ouoba, Mamadou Sawadogo, Amandine Lema, Tangbadioa Hervé Coulidiati, Hermann Yempabou Ouoba, Georges Anicet Ouedraogo
This study presents an ethnobotanical survey, a quantification of polyphenols and antioxidant activities on
medicinal plants used in the treatment of breast cancer in the cities of Bobo-Dioulasso and Fada N'Gourma conducted among traditional practitioners. For this purpose, after the survey analyses, Euphorbia poissonii Pax (Euphorbiaceae) an(...)
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The African women in mathematics association
Marie Françoise Ouedraogo
Cet article décrit l’historique de la création de l’African Women in Mathematics Association
(AWMA), les facteurs identifiés comme entravant les femmes en mathématiques en
Afrique aussi bien que les activités menées par AWMA pour la promotion des femmes
mathématiciennes africaines.
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La satisfaction du patient, un élément du management de la qualité du soin : enquête à l’unité d’Odontologie Conservatrice du Centre Municipal de Santé Bucco-Dentaire de Ouagadougou
KABORÉ WAD, SANGARÉ AD, SECK A, GARÉ JV, OUÉDRAOGO CNT, LEYE-BENOIST
Introduction. L’objectif général de cette étude était d’évaluer la perception des patients de la qualité du service à l’Unité d’Odontologie Conservatrice-
Endodontie (UOCE) du Centre Municipal de Santé Bucco-Dentaire (CMSBD) de Ouagadougou.
Matériels et méthodes. Il s’est agi d’une étude transversale et descriptive, qui a concerné les patien(...)
Satisfaction, Qualité, Soins, Patient, Odontologie Conservatrice-Endodontie.