Health of women after severe obstetric complications in Burkina Faso: a longitudinal study

V Filippi, R Ganaba, RF Baggaley, T Marshall… - The Lancet, 2007 - thelancet.com
Background Little is known about the health of women who survive obstetric complications
in poor countries. Our aim was to determine how severe obstetric complications in Burkina …

COVID-19 in West Africa: regional resource mobilisation and allocation in the first year of the pandemic

C Ahanhanzo, EAK Johnson, EA Eboreime… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
The world continues to battle the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. Whereas many countries
are currently experiencing the second wave of the outbreak; Africa, despite being the last …

Sexual and reproductive life of women informed of their HIV seropositivity: a prospective cohort study in Burkina Faso

Y Nebié, N Meda, V Leroy, L Mandelbrot… - JAIDS Journal of …, 2001 - journals.lww.com
Background: In the context of the DITRAME-ANRS 049 research program that evaluated
interventions aimed at reducing mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) in Bobo …

Accessibility and utilisation of delivery care within a Skilled Care Initiative in rural Burkina Faso

S Hounton, G Chapman, J Menten… - Tropical medicine & …, 2008 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Objectives The Skilled Care Initiative (SCI) was a comprehensive skilled
attendance at delivery strategy implemented by the Ministry of Health and Family Care …

[HTML][HTML] How decision for seeking maternal care is made-a qualitative study in two rural medical districts of Burkina Faso

DT Somé, I Sombié, N Meda - Reproductive health, 2013 - Springer
Background Delay in decision-making to use skilled care during pregnancy and childbirth is
an important factor for maternal death in many developing countries. This paper examines …

[HTML][HTML] Revealing the burden of maternal mortality: a probabilistic model for determining pregnancy-related causes of death from verbal autopsies

E Fottrell, P Byass, TW Ouedraogo, C Tamini… - Population Health …, 2007 - Springer
Background Substantial reductions in maternal mortality are called for in Millennium
Development Goal 5 (MDG-5), thus assuming that maternal mortality is measurable. A key …

[HTML][HTML] A review of the process of knowledge transfer and use of evidence in reproductive and child health in Ghana

G Abekah-Nkrumah, S Issiaka, L Virgil… - Health Research policy …, 2018 - Springer
Background The paper carries out a situational analysis to examine the production,
dissemination and utilisation of reproductive and child health-related evidence to inform …

[HTML][HTML] The West African Health Organization's experience in improving the health research environment in the ECOWAS region

J Aidam, I Sombié - Health research policy and systems, 2016 - Springer
Abstract Background The West African Health Organization (WAHO) implemented a
research development program in West Africa during 2009–2013 using the Knowledge for …

Risk factors of tuberculosis infection among HIV/AIDS patients in Burkina Faso

ZC Méda, I Sombié, OWC Sanon, D Maré… - AIDS research and …, 2013 - liebertpub.com
Tuberculosis (TB) and HIV coinfection is the leading cause of mortality among TB patients
and people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHAs). There is still a need to look for cognitive and …

PCR-based detection of the Mycobacterium tuberculosis complex in urine of HIV-infected and uninfected pulmonary and extrapulmonary tuberculosis patients in …

G Torrea, P Van de Perre… - Journal of Medical …, 2005 - microbiologyresearch.org
To evaluate a one-tube nested PCR-based analysis of urine for diagnosing pulmonary
tuberculosis (PTB) and extrapulmonary tuberculosis (EPTB) in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina …