Publications (10923)
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Cyclopia Associated with Microcephaly, Hydrocephaly and Clubfoot: A Case Report from Burkina Faso, West Africa
L. Dieudonne, Sibraogo Kiemtoré, Solo Traoré, S. Zakaria, Ouedraogo Mahamoudou, Blami Dao
Cyclopia is the most severe form of alobar holoprosencephaly, characterized by the fusion of the two orbits into one. It is a genetic disease incompatible with life. It is most often associated with other craniofacial malformations such as microcephaly, cleft lip and palate, nasal agenesis and facial dysmorphia. The incidence of cyclopia varie(...)
Cyclopia, Microcephaly, Clubfoot, Pediatrics, Medicine, Holoprosencephaly, Surgery, Biology, Pregnancy, Genetics
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Ethnopharmacological investigation of plants used for the management of childbirth complications in Niger
Oumarou Maman Noura, Amadou Tidjani Ilagouma, Souleymane Compaoré, Abdoulaye Mahamane Idi Issa, Gbêdossou Sophie Reine Bogninou, Raogo Ouédraogo, Moussa Ouédraogo, Noufou Ouédraogo
Maternal mortality remains a major public health issue in Africa, and particularly in Niger. The majority of pregnant women in developing countries rely on medicinal plants for their basic health care despite the presence of modern medicine. This study aims to create an inventory of the plants used traditionally to facilitate childbirth in Mat(...)
Medicinal plants, Traditional medicine, Childbirth, Medicine, Maceration (sewage), Health care, Ethnobotany, Pregnancy, Biology, Engineering
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Nutritional, phytochemical, and safety profiling of Senegalia seeds, promising wild legumes in the arid and semi-arid tropics
Moustapha Soungalo Drabo, Els J.M. Van Damme, Tibo De Coninck, Isabel Verbeke, Bruno De Meulenaer, Aly Savadogo, Katleen Raes
This study presents the chemical composition of seven representative Senegalia (new Acacia s.l. segregate genus) seed species and discusses their food potential and safety. As shown, most of the analyzed seed species demonstrate unique chemical compositions, i.e., very low starch (
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Factors associated with COVID-19 in children aged 0 to 15 in Niger, 2020
Habibatou Idé Amadou, Herman Yoda, Dieudonné Tialla, Pauline Kiswendsida Yanogo, Djibril Barry, Maman Laminou Ibrahim, Samaila Aboubacar, Abdoul Salam Youssoufou Souley, Abdoulaye Ousmane, Nicolas Méda
On January 30, 2020, the WHO declared COVID-19 a global health emergency. Children were affected in less severe forms. Niger had implemented measures in a context where children were a source of contamination. The aim was to determine the factors associated with COVID-19 in children in Niger from February to August 2020 through an analysis of(...)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Betacoronavirus, Pandemic, Virology, Medicine, Environmental health, Outbreak, Internal medicine, Infectious disease (medical specialty)
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Using Modern Contraception While Wanting a Child: What Does Contraceptive Over-Use Mean for the Human Rights-Based Approach in Burkina Faso? Insights from PMA2020 Data
Moussa Lonkila Zan, Claudine Sauvain‐Dugerdil, Clémentine Rossier
(1) Background: Sustainable development goal 5.6 calls for “universal access to sexual and reproductive health and reproductive rights” to fulfil sexual and reproductive practices. The capability approach helps refine the analysis of contraceptive use by going beyond the dichotomous view of contraceptive use as use/non-use to focus on women’s(...)
Family planning, Psychology, Medicine, Population, Demography, Research methodology, Environmental health, Sociology
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“L’expression de la résilience dans les contes et proverbes moose et sã du Burkina Faso”
Alain Joseph Sissao
Au Burkina Faso, la résilience est une pratique transversale qui se vit
au quotidien selon les circonstances et les contextes. Les contes et proverbes
moose et sã se font le creuset de la résilience. Les difficultés de la vie y sont
abordées et les moyens de résolution proposés. Il est donc question de la problématique
de la résilience dan(...)
conte, résilience
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Place Of First Trimester Ultrasound at The University Teaching Hospital of Bogodogo (UTH-B) in Burkina Faso
Adama Ouattara, Bako Lankoande Natacha, Tougma Sanou A, Sawadogo Yobi Alexi, Sibraogo Kiemtoré, Ouédraogo Issa, Ouédraogo CMR
Objective: To describe the experience of the UTH-Bogodogo obstetrics and gynecology department in ultrasound determination of fetal sex in the first trimester of pregnancy. Patients and methods: This was a prospective descriptive study conducted over a 30-month period from February 1, 2021 to June 30, 2022 in the gynecological and obstetric ul(...)
Ultrasound, Obstetrics, Medicine, First trimester, University hospital, Second trimester, Sociology, Gynecology, Family medicine, Pregnancy, Radiology, Fetus, Biology
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TIME-VARYING HIERARCHICAL ARCHIMEDEAN COPULAS: A NON-PARAMETRIC APPROACH
Dodo Natatou Moutari, Benjamin Wengoundi Nikiéma, Hassane Abba Mallam, Barro Diakarya, B. Saley
A non-parametric approach based on U-statistics in the construction of the time-varying hierarchical Archimedean copula model has been proposed. The procedure aims to analyze changes in the Kendall correlation matrix computed from the observations. This makes it possible to identify local segments of homogeneity and to construct a hierarchical(...)
hierarchical Archimedean copula, copula estimation, Kendall correlation matrix, U-statistics, CUSUM statistics, dynamic dependence
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AI-driven Generation of News Summaries Leveraging GPT and Pegasus Summarizer for Efficient Information Extraction
Issiaka Faissal Compaoré, Rodrique Kafando, Aminata Sabané, Abdoul Kader Kaboré, Tegawendé F. Bissyandé
The surge of online information makes it challenging to access relevant news quickly. This necessitates automated methods to effectively extract and summarize information. Our research focuses on designing an online press synthesis tool using advanced AI models. We investigate the feasibility of emp
Computer science, Information extraction, Automatic summarization, Extraction (chemistry), Information retrieval, Natural language generation, Artificial intelligence, Natural language processing, Natural language
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Psychosocial dimensions of access and their association with contraceptive use and intention to use
Lonkila Moussa Zan, Clémentine Rossier
BACKGROUND: Several studies suggest that psychosocial accessibility appears to be the key remaining hurdle to contraceptive use when issues of geographic and financial accessibility have been resolved. To date, the literature has considered various dimensions of psychosocial accessibility, which are not well measured by the two main sources of(...)
Intention to use, Pregnancy, Psychosocial dimensions, Sex Education, Side effects, Burkina-Faso, Family Planning Services, Contraceptive Agents, Contraception Behavior, Contraception, Cognitive dimensions
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Influence of Gradient Milling on Cooking and Sensory Attributes of Chinese Black Rice: Insights into Volatile Flavor Compounds
Shuxin Ye, Qing Gao, Danxia Shi, Abel Wend-Soo Zongo, Jinsong He, Bin Li
This study investigated the impact of gradient milling on the cooking properties and sensory characteristics of Yangxian black rice. The results showed that as the degree of milling increased, the gelatinization time decreased (36.85–23.54 min) and the water uptake ratio of whole black rice (188.29%) was significantly lower compared to that of(...)
Yangxian black rice; milling degree; cooking properties; eating quality; volatiles
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Improving Health Information Systems Data Quality in Sub-Saharan Africa
Bry Sylla, Léon Savadogo, Gayo Diallo
Data quality in health information systems (HIS) is essential for informed decision-making in the health sector, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) where these systems face many challenges like resource limitations and weak infrastructure. This systematic review assessed the quality of HIS data in the region, focusing on the dimensions,(...)
Data quality, Quality (philosophy), Health care, Knowledge management, Resource (disambiguation), Data science, Information quality, Information system, Computer science, Health informatics, Health data, Digital health, Risk analysis (engineering), Business, Engineering, Marketing, Economic growth
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1-1 - Profil épidémiologique de la fièvre jaune au Togo, 2018–2022
L.G. Sanwogou, A. Lambonkale, D. Barry, Ousmane Boua Togola, Pauline Kiswendsida Yanogo, Nicolas Méda
La fièvre jaune (FJ) est devenue ces dernières années une maladie ré-émergente, ayant nécessité un renforcement de sa surveillance. L'objectif de notre étude était d’établir le profil épidémiologique de la FJ au Togo pour la période de 2018 à 2022. Nous avons mené une étude transversale descriptive portant sur les cas de FJ notifiés à la Divis(...)
Geography, Medicine
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Current status of digital health interventions in the health system in Burkina Faso
Bry Sylla, Boukary Ouédraogo, Salif Traore, Ousseni Ouedraogo, Léon Savadogo, Gayo Diallo
This study provides an insightful overview of the digital health environment in Burkina Faso and highlights significant challenges regarding intervention strategies. The findings serve as a foundational resource for developing the digital health strategic plan. By addressing the identified shortcomings, this plan will provide a framework for g(...)
Psychological intervention, Health informatics, Digital health, Health care, Public health, Business, Knowledge management, Medicine, Environmental health, Nursing, Political science, Computer science
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[Factors associated with mortality in patients with COVID-19 in the Tambacounda region, Senegal, 2020-2021].
Samba Thioub, Mathias NDiaye, Ibou Gueye, Kalidou Djibril Sow, Tidiane Gadiaga, Emmanuel Sopoh, Jean Kaboré, Pauline Kiswendsida Yanogo
AIMS: To identify the predictive factors and reduce the mortality of COVID-19 in the Tambacounda region. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An analytical cross-sectional study was conducted on confirmed COVID-19 individuals. Sampling was exhaustive with 303 cases. Data were collected by literature review, secondary data extraction and interviews. A data e(...)
Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), 2019-20 coronavirus outbreak, Severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), Virology, Demography, Medicine, Geography, Outbreak, Internal medicine, Sociology, Disease, Infectious disease (medical specialty)