Publications by authors named "K Agossou"
Decentralising DOT for drug-susceptible TB from the health facilities to the community level in Togo.
Int J Tuberc Lung Dis
April 2024
Article Synopsis
- - In Togo, the COVID-19 pandemic led to the implementation of two community-level treatment strategies for tuberculosis (TB): community health worker-based (CHW-DOT) and family-based (FB-DOT), evaluated from April 2021 to January 2022.
- - A study involving 182 TB patients found that the CHW-DOT approach significantly improved sputum conversion rates and resulted in more favorable treatment outcomes compared to FB-DOT.
- - Factors such as smoking status were crucial, with non-smokers showing notably better treatment results, indicating that incorporating smoking cessation support into the CHW-DOT approach could enhance TB treatment efficacy.
Background: Malaria and HIV are two major causes of morbidity and mortality among pregnant women in sub-Saharan Africa. Foetal and neonatal outcomes of this co-infection have been extensively studied. However, little is known about maternal morbidity due to clinical malaria in pregnancy, especially malaria-related fever, in the era of generalized access to antiretroviral therapy and anti-malarial preventive strategies.
View Article and Find Full Text PDF[Characteristics of corneal topography in candidates for surgery for myopia].
J Fr Ophtalmol
October 1996
Introduction: Videokeratography analyses the corneal anterior topography. It is necessary in refractive surgery to estimate the anatomical effect of the surgery and to eliminate early Keratoconus.
Methodology: Corneal anterior topography was studied on 70 consecutive patients (140 eyes) candidates for low myopia surgery (-1 to -6); 87 eyes were wearing regularly contact lenses.
Background: We conducted this retrospective study to analyze the main characteristics of the disc cuppings in patients diagnosed with chronic open angle glaucoma.
Methods: Data of 489 patients seen in our department and presenting chronic open angle glaucoma were collected. All these patients entered our glaucoma criteria and had disc cupping examination by color stereophotography during the follow up period of 36 months.