Publications by authors named "Ibrahima Foba"
Article Synopsis
- The study assessed cardiovascular risk factors among employees at a brewery in Mali, focusing on their overall cardiovascular risk.
- Conducted between November 2020 and May 2021, it involved 257 workers with an average age of 41.2 years, identifying factors like smoking, obesity, and shift work.
- Findings showed that a small percentage (3.11%) were at high risk and 0.78% at very high risk for cardiovascular disease, emphasizing the need for preventive measures in the workplace.
Objective: It consisted in evaluating the cardiovascular risk factors and the overall cardiovascular risk among the personnel of the company of the breweries of Mali.
Methodology: This was a cross-sectional, descriptive, analytical study. It was conducted from November 2020 to May 2021 as part of routine consultations and periodic medical visits.
Purpose: To evaluate the RARE (Réseau Action-Recherche sur l'Epilepsie) program, a model of managing and treating people with epilepsy (PWE) at a primary health-care level in rural areas of Mali, we assessed treatment efficacy and compliance of patients who underwent the first year follow-up.
Methods: A network of rural general practitioners (GPs) settled in six rural districts of the regions of Koulikoro, Segou and Sikasso, was involved in the diagnosis, evaluation and monitoring of all the identified PWE and in the distribution of phenobarbital (PB). All the participants were included in a prospective database and followed-up by GPs at 4 months intervals during the first year.