Publications by authors named "Jeremie Mbinze Kindenge"
Current exposure to environmental pollutants in the general adult population of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC): A cross-sectional study.
Int J Hyg Environ Health
January 2025
Article Synopsis
- - Environmental pollution poses significant public health risks, particularly in Africa, where human biomonitoring studies are scarce compared to Western nations.
- - A study in Kinshasa assessed contamination levels of arsenic, lead, 4,4'-DDE, and PCBs in 151 adults, revealing concerning median concentrations and high percentages of individuals exceeding health thresholds.
- - The findings underscore the urgent need for more human biomonitoring studies in Africa and call for stricter regulations in the Democratic Republic of Congo to combat pollution and protect public health.
Background: The AWaRe tool was set up by the World Health Organization (WHO) to promote the rational use of antimicrobials. Indeed, this tool classifies antibiotics into four groups: access, watch, reserve and not-recommended antibiotics. In The Democratic Republic of Congo, data on antibiotic dispensing (prescribing) by health professionals according to the AWaRe classification are scarce.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe access to afford safe, effective, and genuine medications is a major challenge for people in low- to middle-income countries. This study aimed at developing and validating simple, accurate, and inexpensive analytical liquid chromatography and ultraviolet-visible spectrophotometric methods to ensure quality control of antibiotics sold in formal and informal pharmaceutical markets. It focused on four antibiotics (azithromycin [AZT], cefadroxil [CFD], cefixime [CFX], and erythromycin [ERH]) used to treat infectious diseases in the region of Haut-Katanga in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Environmental pollutants are known to be ubiquitous and may present toxic effects (endocrine-disruption properties, carcinogenicity …) and represent a real threat to human health. The aim of the present pilot study was to assess the content of environmental pollutants (inorganic, persistent, and non-persistent pollutants) in biological samples (urine, serum, and whole blood), collected from volunteers in Kinshasa, capital of Democratic Republic of Congo, in order to identify pollutants of interest and to design a protocol for a larger scale study.
Methods: From randomly selected 15 volunteers living in Kinshasa, aged from 25 to 66 years, (mean age = 43.