Molecular Typing of Isolates Collected in Abidjan Hospitals (Côte d'Ivoire) Using the Multiple-Locus Variable Number of Tandem Repeats Method.

can cause community-acquired infections affecting various body sites. The present retrospective study investigated the genetic diversity of 173 isolates (166 clinical, 7 environmental) of collected from clinical pathology laboratories in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire (2001-2011). Multiple-Locus Variable Number of Tandem Repeats (VNTR) Analysis (MLVA) using 13 loci was applied to all isolates and compared to published MLVA data.

Using Novel Multimethod Evaluation Approaches to Understand Complex Food System Interventions: Insights from a Supply Chain Intervention Intended to Improve Nutrition.

Background: A "food system" approach to improve diet quality by intervening within areas such as food supply chains is gaining prominence. However, evidence of such interventions' impact, and understanding of appropriate methods to evaluate them, is lacking.

Objectives: We present an impact evaluation of an intervention that aimed to increase consumption of nutritious foods by supporting food-producing firms in Kenya.

Preventing Job Burnout: Could Workplace Support Protect Maternal and Child Health Professionals Who Are Doing Public Health Equity Work?

Purpose: To assess the potential of workplace support to protect public health equity workers against job burnout and to identify key workplace support components.

Description: This mixed-methods, explanatory sequential study analyzed survey and interview data collected between August 2020 and June 2021. Participants included governmental and non-governmental public health employees whose programs largely focus on Maternal and Child Health populations and who reported that their jobs involved working to reduce health inequities ("equity work").

COVID-19 concerns among caregivers and vitamin A supplementation coverage among children aged 6-59 months in four countries in Western sub-Saharan Africa.

Objective: To assess child vitamin A supplementation (VAS) coverage in 2019 and 2020 and explore key factors, including COVID-19 concerns, that influenced VAS status in four sub-Saharan African countries.

Design: Data from eight representative household surveys were used to assess VAS coverage. Multivariable logistic regression models examined the effect of rural/urban residence, child sex and age, caregiver education, COVID-19 concern and household wealth on VAS status.

[The Epidemiological Profile Of Smoking Among Men In Uniform At Camp Almamy Samory Touré].

Introduction: Smoking, a major preventable cause of morbidity and mortality is a real public health problem in the world.

The Objective: was to establish the epidemiological profile of smoking among soldiers at Camp Almamy Samory Touré.

Method: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study lasting 6 months in 2018 at Camp Almamy Samory Touré in Conakry including all serving soldiers, without distinction of age, sex, residence and who accepted freely to participate.