Publications (10464)
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Impact of Stroke on Quality of Life of Stroke Patients in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Carama EA , SOME P , IDO F , Millogo E , Kyelem MJA and Napon C
Introduction: Stroke is a diagnostic and therapeutic emergency. It causes functional sequelae and the quality of life (QOL) of survivors is often disrupted. The aim of this study was to assess the QOL of stroke survivors after at least three months of evolution.
Patients and Methods: This was a cross-sectional study with prospective data col(...)
Stroke; brain imaging; severe depression; cognitive impairment.
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Analyse des rapports entre savoirs techniques paysans et savoirs technico-scientifiques dans les initiatives de développement : cas des projets ICODE et Molopaga dans la Commune rurale de Bama au Burkina Faso
MAGNINI Seindira, SANOU Seydou
La dialectique savoirs techniques locaux et savoirs technico-scientifiques est à l’œuvre dans toute initiative de développement en milieu rural fondée sur la résorption d’une situation d’insatisfaction. L’étude réalisée dans la commune de Bama dans la région des Hauts Bassins au Burkina s’est penchée sur les rapports à la fois complémentaires(...)
Savoir technique, acteurs de développement, projet de développement, initiative de développement
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Learning a Foreign Language in the African Context: Cultural Identity Versus Multiculturalism.
Michel PODA, Mahamadou SAWADOGO and K. André SOME
The purpose of this article is to examine the dynamics surrounding learning a foreign language in the African context set against tensions of cultural identity versus multiculturalism. Whereas learning or using a mother tongue is a natural and uncontroversial act responding to the need of integration in one’s community, the learning or the use(...)
: foreign language, cultural identity, intercultural awareness, interdisciplinary approach.
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A Case of Refractory Pericarditis in Systemic Scleroderma: Diagnostic and Therapeutic Pitfalls
NACANABO, Wendlassida Martin, Issa OUEDRAOGO, Yannick Laurent Tchenadoyo BAYALA, Kafando Rachidatou, Marcellin BONKOUNGOU, and André Koudnoaga SAMADOULOUGOU.
Introduction: Pericardial involvement in systemic scleroderma is rare but may be life-threatening when refractory to standard therapy. Among these, refractory pericarditis is a particularly severe complication.
Case Report: The patient presented with diffuse poikilodermal lesions, chest pain, oedema of the lower limbs and dyspnoea for ten d(...)
Pericarditis, refractory, systemic scleroderma, complex autoimmune disease
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Variabilité intra-saisonnière des pluies et production agricole dans la Commune d’Allada au Sud du Bénin
Emmanuel SOVI, Françoise VALEA, Asaï Akinni Gervais ATCHADE, Expédit Wilfrid VISSIN
La variabilité intra-saisonnière est l’un
des phénomènes météorologiques à forte
amplitude qui perturbe le bon développement des
activités agricoles. De ce fait, la sécurité
alimentaire est fortement menacée à l’échelle
mondiale. Vu la gravité de cette situation, la
présente étude aborde la variabilité intra
saisonnière et ses imp(...)
Variabilité intra-saisonnière, production agricole, stratégie d’adaptation, Allada, Sud du Bénin.
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Profil épidémiologique, stigmatisation et estime de soi chez les adultes infectés par le virus de l’immunodéficience humaine transmis verticalement suivis au Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Yalgado Ouédraogo.
Ouedraogo AG, Ouedraogo R, Salifou Abdou MM, Coulibaly MB, Zonon H, Bagaya B, Barra A, Sondo KA, Karfo K
Introduction
Contexte : L’infection à VIH est un problème majeur de santé publique. Son impact sur la santé physique et mentale est non négligeable.
Objectif : Notre travail a pour objectif d’évaluer la stigmatisation et l’estime de soi chez les adultes infectés verticalement par le VIH au CHU YO. Matériel et méthodes : il s’est agi d’une ét(...)
Estime de soi, stigmatisation, adultes, VIH, transmission verticale.
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Prognosis of pulmonary embolism associated with syncope: a prospective cohort with the pulmonary embolism registry of Bogodogo university hospital /Burkina Faso
Taryètba Andre Arthur Seghda1*, Anna Tall/Thiam, Dangwe Temoua Naibe, Georges Rosa Christian Millogo, Abou Coulibaly, Kadari Cissé, Peggy Ouédraogo/Segda, Martin Wendlassida Nacanabo, Djeme Claudine Dah, Mireille Abouga/Loya, Laurence Flork, Nobila Valentin Yameogo, André K Samadoulougou and Patrice Zabsonre
Background: The prognosis value of syncope in pulmonary embolism remains uncertain. Our aim in this study is to investigate this question.
Materials and methods: This was a prospective, single-center cohort study of pulmonary embolism from March 1, 2017 to June 31, 2022. Patients were subdivided into two groups according to whether or not t(...)
Pulmonary embolism, Syncope, Mortality
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RESISTANCE OR CAPITULATION? THE DYSTOPIAN MODE IN LOUISE O’NEILL’S REPRESENTATION OF WOMEN
Djili SOURA et André KABORE
Depuis ses débuts en 2014, l’œuvre de Louise O’Neill a suscité une
réception critique controversée. Si certains critiques soulignent une
exploration poignante de l’oppression des femmes dans la société
occidentale contemporaine, d’autres déplorent une vision pessimiste du
patriarcat en Irlande et une incapacité à subvertir les conceptions(...)
Louise O’Neill, dystopie, postféminisme, Margaret Atwood, La Servante Écarlate
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Gardeners' knowledge, practices and associated risk factors for multidrug-resistant bacteria dissemination in environment and humans: A One Health approach in gardens of Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Fatimata Bintou Josiane Diarra, Isidore Juste O. Bonkoungou, Djifahamaï Soma, Namwin Siourimè Somda, Bako Evariste, Souleymane Sore, Marguerite Edith Malatala Nikiema, Natéwindé Sawadogo, Nicolas BARRO, Daouda Kassié
Background: Garden products can be contaminated with multidrug-resistant (MDR) bacteria through fecal waste, irrigation water, biosolids, or animal manure used as fertilizer. This study assesses the knowledge and practices of gardeners in Ouagadougou, and identifies risk factors for MDR bacteria spread in humans and the environment using a One(...)
Environmental health, Multiple drug resistance, Human health, Health risk, Geography, Biology, Medicine, Microbiology, Drug resistance
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Long-term exposure to sildenafil-adulterated herbal aphrodisiacs induces oxidative and functional alterations in the prostate and seminal vesicles of male rats
Nomawende Emmanuel Joachim Armel Ouedraogo, Basile Tindano, Maya Doukouré, Wendyam Joëlle Raymonde Yougbaré, Elisabeth Ouedraogo, Jean Luc Kaboré, Abdel Aziz Koussoubé, Dramane Sana, Souleymane Bengyende, Balé Bayala
The unregulated use of herbal aphrodisiacs adulterated with synthetic drugs such as sildenafil represents a growing public health concern, particularly in developing regions. This study investigated the chronic toxicological effects of two such formulations (AT and CM) on the prostate and seminal vesicles of male Wistar rats. Animals were oral(...)
Sildenafil adulteration, Herbal aphrodisiacs, Prostate, Seminal vesicle, Oxidative stress, Histopathology, Wistar rat.
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Antidiabetic Effect of Hydro-Ethanolic Leaf Extract of Sclerocarya Birrea (A. Rich.) Hochst in Wistar Rats
Abdul Gafar Victoir Coulidiaty, Estelle Noëla Hoho Youl, Téné Marceline Yaméogo, Farouk Adedeji Oladoja , Tolulope Anuoluwapo Odejobi , Raogo Ouedraogo , Olufunsho Awodele
Introduction: Diabetes mellitus, characterized by chronic hyperglycaemia, remains a major global health burden. Limitations of
conventional therapies have led to growing interest in medicinal plants like Sclerocarya birrea (A. Rich.) Hochst. widely used in
African ethnomedicine. Though prior research has focused more on the stem bark, studie(...)
diabetes mellitus, sclerocarya birrea, antidiabetic, hydroethanolic extract, streptozotocin
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Assessment of community-based resilience to malaria in two transmission settings in Western Burkina Faso
Millogo, A.A.,Yaméogo, L., Paré Toé, L., Zerbo, R., Ouédraogo, F.D.C., Diabaté
Malaria transmission in Burkina Faso is continuous throughout the year. Anthropogenic changes in the environment affect the risk of disease transmission and the ability of communities to respond. This study aimed to evaluate the resilience of two communities in different malaria transmission settings in Western Burkina Faso by examining their(...)
Burkina Faso; Community; Malaria; Resilience; Strategies.
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Performance of the Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) Mission for Monitoring Small Lakes in West Africa
Félix Girard , Laurent Kergoat , Ibrahim Mainassara , Maxime Wubda, Edwige Dayangnéwendé Nikièma, Amadou Abdourhamane Touré , Julien Renou, Maxime Vayre, Nicolas Taburet , Nicolas Picot , and Manuela Grippa
The volume variability and the hydrological functioning of the thousands of lakes in the Sahelian region are poorly known. The recently launched Surface Water and Ocean Topography (SWOT) mission carrying a wide-swath Ka-band radar interferometer offers new opportunities for large-scale monitoring of lake dynamics, and overcomes the spatial cov(...)
Africa, altimetry, lakes, reservoirs, surface water and ocean topography (SWOT), satellite applications, synthetic aperture radar, water surface area (WSA), water surface elevation (WSE), water volume
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Phytochemical and Antiplasmodial Comparative Analysis of Leaf and Stem Bark Extracts of Combretum micranthum G.Don and Combretum adenogonium Steud. ex A.Rich.
Harouna Soré, Moussa Compaoré, Mahamadi Sana, Martin Kiendrebeogo
Background and Objective: Malaria is the most widespread of insect-borne diseases. It remained a public health concern worldwide and particularly in Sub-Saharan Africa. Every year, malaria causes several thousand deaths and millions of cases, most of them in children under 5 years. This study aimed to highlight the anti-plasmodial properties o(...)
Combretum micranthum G.Don, Combretum adenogonium Steud. ex A.Rich., malaria, traditional medicine, phytochemistry, Burkina Faso
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L’ACCES AU CREDIT DES FEMMES : CHIMERE OU LEVIER D’AUTONOMISATION ECONOMIQUE DES FEMMES RURALES AU BURKINA FASO
Zougouri Sita & Ouedraogo Adidjata
Les femmes rurales, du fait des inégalités d’accès aux ressources et aux opportunités économiques, font
face à de nombreux défis pour une autonomisation économique4. L’un des chemins pour accompagner ces
femmes est la mise en place des crédits afin qu’elles aient accès aux ressources financières pour soutenir ou
développer des activités éco(...)
femmes rurales, crédits, autonomisation