Risk factors for developing residual stress urinary incontinence after vesico-vaginal fistula repair: A retrospective cohort study.

Background: Previous studies have identified predictors for residual urinary incontinence after successful closure of fistula. However, these findings remain uncertain because the predictors vary from one study to another. The present study aimed to examine the risk of residual stress urinary incontinence after successful closure of vesico-vaginal fistula (VVF).

Characteristics of obstetric urogenital fistulas in a regional teaching hospital in Burkina Faso: a retrospective cross-sectional study.

Introduction: Obstetric fistula (OF) remains a major public health problem in low-income countries. This study aimed to investigate the sociodemographic, clinical, and therapeutic characteristics of obstetric urogenital fistulas in a regional teaching hospital in Burkina Faso.

Methods: a retrospective cross-sectional study from 1 January 2015 to 31 December 2019 included 50 women who underwent OF surgery repair in the regional teaching hospital of Ouahigouya in Burkina Faso.

Adult Granulosa Cell Tumor of the Testis: A case report and review of the literature.

Adult Granulosa Cell Tumor of the Testis (AGCTT) is a rare sex-cord stromal tumor. About 73 cases have been previously reported in the literature. We report a case of AGCTT in a 64 years old male, located in the left testis.

Characteristics of Obstetric and Iatrogenic Urogenital Fistulas in Burkina Faso: A Cross-Sectional Study.

Objective: To compare the sociodemographic, clinical, and therapeutic characteristics of obstetric urogenital fistulas (OF) and iatrogenic urogenital fistulas (IF) treated in seven centers in Burkina Faso. . We carried out a cross-sectional study over a seven years' period (January 1, 2010 to December 31, 2016).

Predictive factors for orchiectomy in adult's spermatic cord torsion: a case-control study.

Background: Spermatic cord torsion (SCT) is a surgical emergency. Any delay in diagnosis or treatment may compromise the vital and functional prognosis of the testicle. The orchiectomy rate remains very high in the literature; it can even reach 50 % in certain series.

Performance-based financing to increase utilization of maternal health services: Evidence from Burkina Faso.

Performance-based financing (PBF) programs are increasingly implemented in low and middle-income countries to improve health service quality and utilization. In April 2011, a PBF pilot program was launched in Boulsa, Leo and Titao districts in Burkina Faso with the objective of increasing the provision and quality of maternal health services. We evaluate the impact of this program using facility-level administrative data from the national health management information system (HMIS).

Prostate Cancer Presenting with Parietal Bone Metastasis.

Bone metastases from prostate cancer are very common. They are usually located on the axial skeleton. However, cranial bone metastases especially to the parietal bone are rare.

System-level determinants of immunization coverage disparities among health districts in Burkina Faso: a multiple case study.

Background: Despite rapid and tangible progress in vaccine coverage and in premature mortality rates registered in sub-Saharan Africa, inequities to access remain firmly entrenched, large pockets of low vaccination coverage persist, and coverage often varies considerably across regions, districts, and health facilities' areas of responsibility. This paper focuses on system-related factors that can explain disparities in immunization coverage among districts in Burkina Faso.

Methods: A multiple-case study was conducted of six districts representative of different immunization trends and overall performance.

Monitoring the performance of the Expanded Program on Immunization: the case of Burkina Faso.

Background: The greatest challenge facing expanded programs on immunization in general, and in Burkina Faso in particular, lies in their capacity to achieve and sustain levels of immunization coverage that will ensure effective protection of children. This article aims to demonstrate that full immunization coverage of children, which is the primary indicator for monitoring national immunization programs, is sufficient neither to evaluate their performance adequately, nor to help identify the broad strategies that must be implemented to improve their performance. Other dimensions of performance, notably adherence to the vaccination schedule and the efficacy of the approaches used to reach all the children (targeting) must also be considered.