Immune response to GeneVac-B (rDNA I.P. hepatitis B vaccine) in vaccinated persons with a standard schedule in Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the immune response in people fully vaccinated against hepatitis B with the GeneVac-B vaccine in Burkina Faso under actual conditions of use.

Methods: This cross-sectional study included individuals fully vaccinated with GeneVac-B. For each consenting participant, sociodemographic and clinical data were collected using a structured questionnaire.

Tobacco use and associated risk factors in Burkina Faso: results from a population-based cross-sectional survey.

Background: Tobacco is a leading preventable cause of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Studies characterizing the prevalence of tobacco use in low-income countries are lacking. This study describes the prevalence of tobacco use in Burkina Faso and its associated factors.

Factors associated with fresh stillbirths: A hospital-based, matched, case-control study in Burkina Faso.

Objective: To determine the risk factors for fresh stillbirths in hospitals in Burkina Faso.

Methods: A hospital-based, matched (1:1), case-control study was conducted from July to August 2014 in 50 hospitals across the country. All cases of stillbirth that occurred during this period in the participating facilities were included, and an appropriate control was selected for each case from the same health facility.

Emergency obstetric and neonatal care needs assessment: Results of the 2010 and 2014 surveys in Burkina Faso.

Objective: To analyze and compare the availability, utilization, and quality of services for maternal and neonatal health in 2010 and 2014 in Burkina Faso.

Methods: A cross-sectional study of emergency obstetric and neonatal care services (EmONC) in all public and private health facilities in Burkina Faso in 2010 and a sample of 812 health facilities in 2014. The generic tools developed by the Averting Maternal Death and Disability (AMDD) program were used as the basic tools for evaluation.

Examining the Correlates of Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing Among Men Who Have Sex With Men in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.

Background: Men who have sex with men (MSM) are a population at risk for HIV acquisition and transmission and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs). In Burkina Faso, the prevalence of HIV among MSM is higher than that of other reproductive-aged adults. Early and frequent STI testing and treatment can help prevent HIV acquisition and transmission and may improve linkage to care.

Mothers who sell sex: a potential paradigm for integrated HIV, sexual, and reproductive health interventions among women at high risk of HIV in Burkina Faso.

Background: Antenatal care is a point of entry into the health system for women across Africa and may facilitate the uptake of HIV services among female sex workers (FSWs). This study aimed to evaluate the determinants of motherhood among FSWs, their sexual risks, and their engagement in health care.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from January to July 2013 among FSWs in Ouagadougou and Bobo-Dioulasso, Burkina Faso.

Awareness, treatment, control of hypertension and utilization of health care services following screening in the North-central region of Burkina Faso.

Introduction: In Africa, a non-urban area is affected by hypertension. But in Burkina Faso, no study on factors associated with awareness, treatment and control of hypertension has not yet been published. The objectives of this report are to: (i) identify the factors associated with awareness, treatment, and control of hypertension in the adult population of Kaya health and demographic surveillance system (Kaya HDSS) and (ii) estimate health care services utilization by participant newly screened as hypertensive.

Impact of maternal HAART on the prevention of mother-to-child transmission of HIV: results of an 18-month follow-up study in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Mother-to-child transmission remains the main cause of global pediatric HIV infections, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. Many interventions based on single-dose antiretroviral therapy have been implemented to reduce the mother-to-child transmission of HIV. In resource-limited settings, highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) has only been recommended for HIV-infected pregnant women requiring treatment for their own health.