The burden of headache and a health-care needs assessment in the adult population of Mali: a cross-sectional population-based study.

Background: Our recent studies have shown headache disorders to be very common in the central and western sub-Saharan countries of Benin and Cameroon. Here we report headache in nearby Mali, a strife-torn country that differs topographically, culturally, politically and economically. The purposes were to estimate headache-attributed burden and need for headache care.

Advancing Health Security and Disease Eradication Through Peace and Health: A Mali Case Study.

Conflict and violence constitute threats to public health. As levels of conflict increase within and between countries, it is important to explore how conflict resolution initiatives can be adapted to meet the health needs of communities, and how addressing the health needs of communities can assist in conflict resolution and contribute to health security. In conflict-affected central Mali, a Peace through Health Initiative, piloted between 2018 and 2022, used conflict resolution trainings, facilitated community meetings, and human and animal health interventions to negotiate "periods of tranquility" to achieve public health goals.

Prevalence and specificity of red blood cell antibodies in patients transfused in tertiary hospitals in Burkina Faso.

Background: Sub-Saharan African countries face the challenge of immunological transfusion safety that puts many patients at risk of post-transfusion hemolytic reactions. This is because pre-transfusion testing for irregular/unexpected antibodies that helps to prevent these risks are neither universally available nor accessible. The aim of our study was to determine the prevalence of red blood cell alloantibodies and their specificity in patients transfused in Burkina Faso.

[Factors Influencing Low Bcg, Var1 And Penta3 Immunization Coverage Among Children Aged 0-23 Months In Mopti Health District In 2021].

Introduction: The health district of Mopti is confronted with factors that influence its vaccination coverage [1]. The aim of the study was to study the factors influencing the low BCG vaccination coverage in VAR1 and Penta3 in children aged 0 to 23 months in the health district in 2021.

Methodology: We carried out a descriptive cross-sectional study, collected information from 280 mothers questioned on the services provided by the vaccination service for children before the age of two, the reasons for incompleteness using a questionnaire.

Estimating the risk of child mortality attributable to sickle cell anaemia in sub-Saharan Africa: a retrospective, multicentre, case-control study.

Background: Many children with sickle cell disease living in sub-Saharan Africa die before reaching age 5 years. We estimate the child mortality associated with sickle cell anaemia using an indirect approach to overcome the absence of systematic screening at birth.

Methods: We did a retrospective, multicentre, case-control study in five countries in sub-Saharan Africa (Burkina Faso, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali, and Senegal).

[Perception of the population in the fourth municipality of Bamako-Mali, on the COVID-19 vaccine].

Introduction: In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, various candidate vaccines has been approved to be used by WHO. However, there is low adherence to the vaccination campaign, especially in Mali. The goal was to study the perception of fourth municipality's population of the district of Bamako, about the COVID-19 vaccine.

[Relationship between occupational exposure of waste manipulators of electrical and electronic equipment and respiratory problems in Bamako in 2019].

Introduction: waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), with its health and environmental issues, has become a public health problem exposing workers to toxic compounds causing respiratory problems.

Objective: To study the relationship between professional exposure to WEEE and the occurrence of respiratory problems in Bamako in 2019.

Material And Methods: This was a 6-month cross-sectional, analytical study carried out in the city of Bamako in 2019 and involved 159 WEEE manipulators.

Concordance of vaccination status and associated factors with incomplete vaccination: a household survey in the health district of Segou, Mali, 2019.

Introduction: the region of Segou recorded 36.8% of children were incompletely vaccinated in 2018. In 2019, the district of Segou was one of the districts with the lowest vaccination coverage in the region, with 85.

[Evaluation of the quality-of-life of patients with pacemakers : experience of Burkina Faso about 120 patients paired with the collaboration of doctors from AUVERGNE (France)].

Introduction: In Burkina Faso, cardiac stimulation was introduced in October 2000 has grown over time.In orderto evaluate the effectiveness of stimulation on life, we proposed to evaluate the quality of life of patients with a pacemaker. GENERAL OBJECTIVE: to study the effect of the pacemaker on the quality of life of patients PATIENTS AND METHODS: This was a cross-sectional study aimed at describingthe wearers of a pacemaker for at least six months at the Yalgado OUEDRAOGO University Hospital and the Schiphramedical center.

[Management of addictions at the University Hospital Center Point G, Bamako-Mali].

Objective: To evaluate the health impact of drug use among patients in care in the psychiatric unit of the University Hospital Center Point G.

Method: This was a prospect in description study of drug users admitted to the G-UHC for care. From January to July 2018.

[Epidemiological profile of COVID-19 in Tombouctou region in Mali].

Introduction: The objective of our study was to establish the epidemiological profile of COVID-19 in Tombouctou.

Material And Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study of COVID-19 surveillance data from Tombouctou from April 3 to October 1, 2020. Our variables of interest were extracted from the surveillance database and analyzed with Excel 2013.

[Factors associated to the implementation of compulsory health insurance at the CHC level in Kalaban Coro, Kati, Mali].

Objective: To identify the factors influencing the implementation of compulsory health insurance in two community health centers (CHC) in the health district of Kalaban Coro in Kati.

Material Methods: It was a cross-sectional descriptive study from July 1, 2017 to October 31, 2018 in both CHC of Koulouba and Kalaban Coro central. We conducted a literature review and in-depth interviews with 20 people.

[Comparison of the performance of viral load screening from plasma and from the oneblotting paper (Oudried Blood Spot), protocol in people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV) in Bamako].

Introduction: The use of blotting paper as a support for quantification of viral load could improve the virological monitoring of patients on Human Immunodeficiency Virus treatment in Mali. The urgency is obvious to us that the coverage in charge is only 10% for the achievement of the 3rd 90.

Objective: To assess the performance of viral load screening (sensitivity, specificity, concordance) of DBS from the one spot DBS protocol according to plasma in people living with the human immunodeficiency virus (PLHIV) in Bamako.

Population genomic evidence that human and animal infections in Africa come from the same populations of Dracunculus medinensis.

Background: Guinea worm-Dracunculus medinensis-was historically one of the major parasites of humans and has been known since antiquity. Now, Guinea worm is on the brink of eradication, as efforts to interrupt transmission have reduced the annual burden of disease from millions of infections per year in the 1980s to only 54 human cases reported globally in 2019. Despite the enormous success of eradication efforts to date, one complication has arisen.

[Determinants of home delivery in two neighborhoods in Commune V of Bamako].

Objective: The objective was to study the determinants of home delivery in the Commune V Health District of Bamako.

Materials And Methods: We conducted an analytical cross-sectional study among women who delivered at home, in two neighborhoodsofSabalibougou and Badalabougou, from March 2015 to February 2016, and who were admitted at the Maternity of the Commune V Referral Health Center during the same period. Two groups of women from two neighborhoods were compared.

Transactional sex among men who have sex with men participating in the CohMSM prospective cohort study in West Africa.

Although the HIV epidemic is generalized in West Africa, some population groups such as men who have sex with men (MSM), especially those engaged in transactional sex (TS), are thought to be particularly more vulnerable to HIV than others. However, few data are available to help identify their health-related needs with a view to implementing targeted prevention interventions. To fill this knowledge gap, we aimed to characterize MSM reporting TS (MSM-TS) and to identify factors associated with their sexual practices using data from the prospective cohort study CohMSM, which was conducted in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali and Togo.

[Factors associated to the cessation of exclusive breastfeeding in rural and urban areas in Mali].

Introduction: The study had for object to identify factors associated to the cessation of the exclusive breast-feeding at the mothers of children from 0 to 6 months in the urban and rural circles in Mali.

Method: The study was longitudinal forward-looking, realized in Bamako (urban area) and in Dialakoroba (rural area) from April till November, 2016. in total, 218 mothers were enlisted (114 by area) in a voluntary way in health centers.

Combined Sexual Behavioral Profiles in HIV-Seronegative Men Who have Sex with Men in West Africa (CohMSM ANRS 12324-Expertise France).

Understanding the dynamics of HIV infection in men who have sex with men (MSM) can help improve efficiency in existing prevention strategies. We aimed to identify and describe the sexual behaviors of MSM most at risk of HIV infection in West Africa. HIV-negative MSM were provided a quarterly preventive follow-up package in the community-based cohort CohMSM.

Changes in risky sexual behaviours among West African MSM enrolled in a quarterly HIV testing and counselling prevention programme (CohMSM ANRS 12324 - Expertise France).

Objectives: Whether regular HIV testing and counselling reduce risky sexual behaviours in African men who have sex with men (MSM) is still a matter for debate. We aimed to identify behavioural trajectories based on HIV risk exposure (HRE) and factors affecting their evolution.

Methods: Data were collected from 621 HIV-negative West African MSM (Mali, Cote d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Togo) included in a community-based cohort providing quarterly HIV testing and counselling.

Male clients of male sex workers in West Africa: A neglected high-risk population.

Research on male clients of male sex workers (MCMSW) has been neglected for a long time globally. We aimed to characterize MCMSW and to identify factors associated with their sexual practices using data from the prospective cohort study CohMSM conducted in Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Mali and Togo. Our study focused on HIV-negative men who have sex with other men (MSM), recruited between 06/2015 and 01/2018 by a team of trained peer educators.

Interest in HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis in men who have sex with men in West Africa (CohMSM ANRS 12324 - Expertise France).

Objective: To explore the interest in taking PrEP among Western African men who have sex with men (MSM).

Methods: A cross-sectional survey was implemented at enrolment of HIV-negative MSM in a multiple centre community-based cohort study in four West African countries (Mali, Côte d'Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Togo). A standardised face-to-face questionnaire collected data on socio-demographic and behavioural characteristics over the previous 6 months.

Impact of insecticide-treated bednets and indoor residual spraying in controlling populations of Phlebotomus duboscqi, the vector of Leishmania major in Central Mali.

Background: Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) is an endemic neglected tropical disease prevalent in several areas where seasonal malaria transmission is active. We assessed the effect of indoor residual spraying (IRS) and the mass distribution of long-lasting insecticide-treated bednets (LLINs) for malaria control on sand fly population diversity and abundance, and its impact on the risk of Leishmania transmission in the district of Baroueli, endemic for CL in Mali.

Methods: Kemena and Sougoula, two villages in the district of Baroueli, were selected for entomology surveys from March to September 2016 to evaluate sand fly species composition and density, and Leishmania infection rates in the vector Phlebotomus duboscqi.

Correction: Prevalence of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Districts of High and Low Endemicity in Mali.

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Prevalence of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Districts of High and Low Endemicity in Mali.

Historically the western sahelian dry regions of Mali are known to be highly endemic for cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) caused by Leishmania major, while cases are rarely reported from the Southern savanna forest of the country. Here, we report baseline prevalence of CL infection in 3 ecologically distinct districts of Mali (dry sahelian, north savanna and southern savanna forest areas). We screened 195 to 250 subjects from 50 to 60 randomly selected households in each of the 6 villages (four from the western sahelian district of Diema in Kayes region, one from the central district of Kolokani and one from the southern savanna district of Kolodieba, region of Sikasso).