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Perceptions of COVID-19 Among Frontline Health Workers in Burkina Faso
(National Library of MedicineFrontiers, 2022)Introduction: In Burkina Faso, the first cases of COVID-19 were reported in March 2020. Health personnel are on the front line of COVID-19 control, and it is important to understand their perceptions and knowledge of the ... -
Health Service Utilization During the COVID-19 Pandemic in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2020: A Multicountry Empirical Assessment With a Focus on Maternal, Newborn and Child Health Services
(National Library of MedicineResearchGate, 2022)Introduction: There are concerns about the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the continuation of essential health services in sub-Saharan Africa. Through the Countdown to 2030 for Women's, Children's and Adolescents' ... -
Non-inferiority Test for a Continuous Variable With a Flexible Margin in an Active Controlled Trial: An Application to the “Stratall ANRS 12110 / ESTHER” Trial
(National Library of MedicineResearchGate, 2022)Background: Non-inferiority trials are becoming increasingly popular in public health and clinical research. The choice of the non-inferiority margin is the cornerstone of such trials. Most of the time, the non-inferiority ... -
Hot-Spots of HIV Infection in Cameroon: A Spatial Analysis Based on Demographic and Health Surveys Data
(National Library of MedicineResearchGate, 2022)Background: The Human Immunodeficiency Virus(HIV) infection prevalence in Cameroon has decreased from [Formula: see text] in 2004 to [Formula: see text] in 2018. However, this decrease in prevalence does not show disparities ... -
Women's Beliefs About Methods and Contraceptive Discontinuation: Results from A Prospective Study from Nairobi And Homa Bay Counties in Kenya.
(National Library of MedicineFrontiers, 2023)Rates of contraceptive discontinuation are high in many low and middle countries contributing to unmet need for contraception and other adverse reproductive health outcomes. Few studies have investigated how women's beliefs ... -
How Zambia Reduced Inequalities in Under-Five Mortality Rates Over the Last Two Decades: A Mixed-Methods Study
(National Library of MedicineResearchGateBMC Health Service Research, 2023)Zambia experienced a major decline in under-five mortality rates (U5MR), with one of the fastest declines in socio-economic disparities in sub-Saharan Africa in the last two decades. We aimed to understand the extent to ... -
Is Small Beautiful? L'irrigation Dans Le Delta Du Fleuve Sénégal, Une Question De Taille
(ResearchGate, 2023)The debate on the relationship between farm size and production results is long-standing, but not yet settled. In Senegal, this debate is fueled by the fact that recent governments have tended to favor large-scale irrigated ... -
Spread Of SARS-Cov-2 Infection in Adult Populations in Cameroon: A Repeated Cross-Sectional Study Among Blood Donors in The Cities of Yaounde and Douala.
(National Library of MedicineResearchGateSpringer Link, 2023)Over a period of about 9 months, we conducted three serosurveys in the two major cities of Cameroon to determine the prevalence of SARS-COV-2 antibodies and to identify factors associated with seropositivity in each survey. ... -
Le Partenariat Public-Privé Appliqué Aux Investissements Dans La Grande Irrigation En Afrique: Le Projet De Promotion Du Partenariat Rizicole Dans Le Delta Du Fleuve Sénégal.
(ResearchGateResearch Papers in Economics, 2023)L’autosuffisance en riz poursuivie par l’État du Sénégal depuis l’Indépendance a motivé des investissements colossaux dans le Delta du fleuve Sénégal, au nord du pays. Cet article évalue la contribution du Projet de promotion ... -
Building on Promising Covid-19 Responses for Women and Girls: African Governments Must Invest Further in Advancing and Sustaining Gender Equality.
(National Library of MedicineResearchGateThe BMJ, 2023)Kéfilath Bello and colleagues argue that building on promising practices to develop more sustainable strategies to advance gender equality will help African countries respond to future crises -
Observed Versus Estimated Actual Trend Of COVID-19 Case Numbers in Cameroon: A Data-Driven Modelling
(National Library of MedicineResearchGateScience Direct, 2023)Controlling the COVID-19 outbreak remains a challenge for Cameroon, as it is for many other countries worldwide. The number of confirmed cases reported by health authorities in Cameroon is based on observational data, which ... -
Epidemiology of Emergency and Elective Cesarean Section and Its Association with Early Neonatal Mortality in Sub-Saharan African Countries
(National Library of MedicineThe BMJ, 2023)Investigating elective and emergency caesarean section (CS) separately is important for a better understanding of birth delivery modes in the sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) region and identifying bottlenecks that prevent favourable ... -
Exploring Interconnections: A Comprehensive Multi-country Analysis of Climate Change, Energy Demand, Long-Term Care, and Health of Older Adults.
(Science DirectMaturitas, 2024)Challenges faced by many countries are energy insecurity, climate change, and the health and long-term care of growing numbers of older people. These challenges are increasingly intersecting with rising energy prices, aging ... -
Spatial and Socioeconomic Inequalities in Cesarean Section Deliveries in Urban Settings in Dakar, Senegal
(Springer LinkCountdown to 2030, 2024)As part of an initiative aimed at reducing maternal and child mortality, Senegal implemented a policy of free Cesarean section (C-section) since 2005. Despite the implementation, C-section rates have remained low and ... -
Associations Between Extreme Weather Events and Child Undernutrition: Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa, 2010 - 2019
(BMJ, 2025)Extreme weather events, or natural disasters, present a large and increasing threat to human health, infrastructure and food security, including in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), where the burden of undernutrition is high. ... -
A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of the Impact of Environmental Heat Exposure to Cardiovascular Diseases, Chronic Respiratory Diseases and Diabetes Mellitus in Low- & Middle-Income Countries
(Elsevier, 2025)Climate change has led to an increase in global temperatures and adversely impacted human health, for example, by exacerbating the burden of non-communicable diseases. This systematic review and meta-analyses aim to ... -
Subnational Trends and Inequalities of Under-Immunisation and Zero-Dose among Children Aged 12 - 23 Months in Uganda: A National Population-Based Cross-Sectional Study.
(BMJ, 2025)Despite the Global Vaccine Action Plan's goal of at least 90% vaccine coverage for all children, Uganda has made limited progress in vaccination over the past decade. The objective of this study was to examine the subnational ... -
When Health Data Go Dark: The Importance of the DHS Program and Imagining its Future
(BMC, 2025)The suspension and/or termination of many programmes funded through the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) by the new US administration has severe short- and long-term negative impacts on the health ... -
Readiness of Health Facilities to Deliver Family Planning Services and Associated Factors in Urban East-Central Uganda
(BMC, 2025)Health facility readiness is essential for realizing voluntary, rights-based family planning. However, many countries, including rapidly urbanizing Uganda, face challenges in ensuring their health facilities are sufficiently ... -
Geographic Inequalities, and Social-Demographic Determinants of Reproductive, Maternal and Child Health at Sub-national Levels in Kenya
(BMC, 2025)Global initiatives have emphasized tracking indicators to monitor progress, particularly in countries with the highest maternal and child mortality. Routine data can be used to monitor indicators for improved target setting ...
