Publications (39)
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Current prevalence and socio-demographic factors associated with unmet need for contraception among women in union in sub-Saharan Africa
Matè Alonyenyo Labité, Hervé Bassinga, Zacharie Tsala Dimbuene, Abdramane Bassiahi Soura
This study analyzes the prevalence and sociodemographic factors associated with unmet need for contraception among women in union in sub-Saharan Africa. Using secondary data from recent Demographic and Health Surveys, statistical tests revealed an overall prevalence of 20.7% of unmet need for contraception (13.9% for birth spacing and 6.8% for(...)
Associated factors, Unmet needs, Spacing, Limiting, Sub-Saharan Africa, Associated factors, Unmet needs, Unemet need, Spacing, Limiting, Sub-Saharan Africa
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Measuring adult mortality from mobile phone surveys in Burkina Faso, Malawi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Kassoum Dianou, Bruno Masquelier, Shammi Luhar, Bruno Lankoandé , Ashira Menashe-Oren , Abdramane Soura, Hervé Bassinga, Malebogo Tlhajoane, Boniface Dulani, Pierre Z Akilimali, Georges Reniers
In many low and middle-income countries, adult mortality estimates are derived from surveys and censuses conducted through face-to-face interviews. These interviews can be time-intensive and are often impractical during health crises or humanitarian emergencies. The expansion in cellphone ownership and network coverage has created new opportun(...)
age-specific mortality patterns, data quality, Demographic Health Surveys, direct estimation, health and security crises, low-and-middle-income countries, mobile phones, mortality, sample selection, surveys, under-five mortality
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Neonatal Mortality in Burkina Faso: An Exploratory Analysis of Determinants and Geospatial Inequalities
Hervé Bassinga
Objectives: This article analyzes the factors associated with neonatal mortality in Burkina Faso, as well as the communal inequalities in this mortality.Methods: The analysis is based on data from the 2021 Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). It draws on a representative sample of 7,225 children. The determinants of mortality were examined usi(...)
neonatal mortality, determinants, inequalities, communal, SGDs
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Anemia in Children Aged 6–59 Months: Inequalities Across the 45 Provinces and 342 Communes of Burkina Faso
Hervé Bassinga, Mady Ouedraogo, Karim Ouattara, Matè Alonyenyo Labité & Moussa Coulibaly
Burkina Faso is said to have the highest prevalence of childhood anemia in sub-Saharan Africa. In 2021, approximately seven out of ten children aged 6–59 months (72%) suffered from anemia, with 29% in the mild form, 40% in the moderate form, and 2% in the severe form. Knowing the administrative units at extremely fine levels most affected by t(...)
Small area estimates, Communes, Anemia, Spatial analysis, Burkina Faso
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Sharp drop in under-five mortality and associated factors in Burkina Faso from 2010 to 2021: is it a composition or performance effect?
Hervé Bassinga; Sibiri Clément Ouedraogo; Aristide Romaric Bado; Herman Bazié; Kadidia Kouadima Diallo
Background: Long maintained above 100 ‰ since the 1960s, under-five mortality rates in Burkina Faso have experienced a significant decline, although the specific sources of change remain difficult to identify. Notably, under-five mortality increased from 187 ‰ in 1993 to 219 ‰ in 1998. Subsequently, a steady decrease was observed, with rates f(...)
under-five mortality, drop, performance effect, composition effect, Burkina Faso
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Twin Births in 42 Sub-Saharan African Countries from 1986 to 2016: Frequency, Trends and Factors of Variation
Adama Ouedraogo, Gilles, Sophie le Coeur and Abdramane B. Soura
Since the 1970s, twin birth rates have increased sharply in developed countries. In Africa, where the rate is the highest globally, its evolution
and variation are poorly understood. This article aims to estimate the twinning rate in sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries throughout
1986–2016 and analyze its spatial, temporal, and ethnic variat(...)
Twins; Twin births; Twinning rate; Associated factors; Ethnicity; Projections; Sub-Saharan Africa
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Les facteurs explicatifs des blessures graves des accidents de la circulation routière dans la ville de Ouagadougou
Moussa Bougma, Jacques Sampo, Sidbewende Théodore Kaboré, Jean-François Kobiané
L’insécurité routière apparait de plus en plus comme un grand défi à relever pour les pays en voie de développement, en raison des difficultés économiques et surtout de la très forte croissance démographique et spatiale qui concernent en premier lieu les villes. Si dans la littérature, plusieurs travaux scientifiques se sont intéressés aux acc(...)
Accident de la circulation, dommage corporel grave, blessures graves, victime, accidenté, Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
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DU BRASSAGE DES LANGUES AU BRASSAGE DES COEURS : DYNAMIQUE DE L'EXOGAMIE LINGUISTIQUE A OUAGADOUGOU
Ali SAWADOGO, Moussa BOUGMA & Zomenassir Armand BATIONO
Ouagadougou, la capitale du Burkina Faso est une ville carrefour, peuplée
de divers groupes ethniques venant de l’intérieur du pays que de l’extérieur. Il en
résulte un brassage ethnique et culturel aboutissant parfois à des « brassages de
coeurs » et à la formation d’unions exogamiques. La présente étude utilise des données
issues de l’en(...)
exogamie linguistique, langue maternelle, Burkina Faso
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NIVEAUX ET FACTEURS EXPLICATIFS DU CAPITAL SOCIAL DES FEMMES A OUAGADOUGOU
KABORÉ Sidbewendé Théodore, BOUGMA Moussa
Cette étude évalue le niveau du capital social produit par les réseaux familiaux et personnels des femmes à Ouagadougou ainsi que les facteurs qui l’expliquent. Elle utilise des données assez originales sur les réseaux sociaux des femmes et des analyses de régression linéaire multiple pour estimer les effets du type de configuration familiale(...)
Réseau familial, réseau personnel, configuration familiale, capital social, Ouagadougou
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The use of mobile phone surveys for rapid mortality monitoring: a national study in Burkina Faso
Kassoum Dianou, Abdramane B. Soura, Bruno Lankoandé, Hervé Bassinga, Shammi Luhar, Ashira Menashe-Oren, Kelly McCain, Malebogo Tlhajoane, Georges Reniers, Bruno Masquelier
Background: In low- and middle-income countries, death registration remains low, and mortality estimation is heavily based on surveys and censuses conducted through face-to-face interviews. These operations are costly and time-consuming, and are difficult to conduct during health and security crises. Taking advantage of the rapid increase in c(...)
age-specific mortality patterns, data quality, Demographic Health Surveys, direct estimation, health and security crises, low-and-middle-income countries, mobile phones, mortality, sample selection, surveys, under-five mortality
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PAUVRETE ET ACCES DES ENFANTS A L’ENSEIGNEMENT SUPERIEUR A OUAGADOUGOU
BOUGMA Moussa
L’enseignement supérieur est un facteur important de développement socioéconomique et de promotion sociale.
C’est sans doute pour cette raison que plusieurs auteurs mettent le capital humain à travers l’éducation,
notamment l’enseignement supérieur, au centre des déterminants de la croissance d’un pays et militent pour
cela en faveur d’un p(...)
Accès perçu, couches défavorisées, enseignement supérieur, Ouagadougou, pauvreté
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Community Knowledge and Engagement in COVID-19 Vaccination Efforts in Dori, the Capital of Burkina Faso’s Sahel Region, Facing Security and Humanitarian Challenges
Hamed Sidwaya Ouedraogo, Massoudou Harouna Maiga, Abdoul-Guaniyi Sawadogo, Moussa Bakouan, Moumai Mano, Moussa Yabre, Viviane Ouedraogo, Abdramane Soura
Background: The global COVID-19 crisis significantly impacted socioeconomic structures worldwide. To enhance the response, international authorities approved experimental vaccines, and the COVAX initiative facilitated their distribution to various countries. However, successful vaccination campaigns depended on strong public adherence. This st(...)
Community, Knowledge, Engagement, COVID-19, Vaccination, Burkina Faso
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Longitudinal impact of past-year reproductive coercion on contraceptive use dynamics in Sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from eight population-based cohorts
Wood S. N., Haley L. Th., Guiella G., Mosso R., Gichangi P., Kibira S.P.S., Makumbi F. , Akilimali P., OlaOlorun F., Omoluabi, Decker M.
Background: Reproductive coercion (RC) is a type of abuse where a partner intentionally attempts to interfere with fertility through deception or violence, often by manipulating one’s contraceptive use or reproductive decision-making. Cross-sectional studies on the magnitude of RC across sub-Saharan Africa have noted associations with contrace(...)
Reproductive coercion; Contraception; Reproductive health; Sub-Saharan Africa; Longitudinal
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Prévalence et corrélations de l'utilisation de la contraception chez les adolescents parents : résultats d'une enquête transversale à Ouagadougou, au Burkina Faso, et à Blantyre, au Malawi
Emmanuel Oloche Otukpa , Alister Munthali , Nathalie Sawadogo , Boniface Ayanbekongshie Ushie , Anthony Idowu Ajayi
L'utilisation de contraceptifs chez les mères adolescentes sexuellement actives peut prévenir les grossesses répétées, ce qui a des répercussions positives sur leur santé, leur éducation et leurs perspectives économiques. Peu d'études ont examiné la prévalence et les corrélats de l'utilisation de la contraception chez les mères adolescentes en(...)
Prévalence, corrélations, utilisation de la contraception, adolescents parents; Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Blantyre, Malawi
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Cohort Profile: The Performance Monitoring for Action (PMA) panel surveys
Siewe A., Byrne M., Sarnak D., Ahmed S., Scott R., Brown W., Zimmerman L., Tsui A., ,Choi Y., Gummerson E., Moreau C., Cardona C., Wood S., Karp C., Bell O. S., Guiella G., Mosso R., Raïmi F., Akilimali P., Khanna A., Gichangi P., Thiongo M., Alzouma S., Oumarou S., Omoluabi E., OlaOlorun F., Zakirai M.S., Makumbi F., Kibira S. P., Anglewicz Ph
The Performance Monitoring for Action (PMA) platform is an open cohort with embedded cross-sectional surveys that was established to capture contraceptive use dynamics behaviours and contraception supply-demand factors. PMA data are nationally representative in Kenya, Niger, Uganda, Burkina Faso and Cote d’Ivoire; and representative of subnati(...)
Performance Monitoring for Action, longitudinal panel surveys, sexual and reproductive health, family planning, contraceptive use.