Understanding Households' Willingness to Pay for Improved Sanitation Services in Benin: A Study Protocol.

Nowadays, in Benin, latrine construction by households highly depends on their financial contributions. However, empirical evidence shows that many households are unwilling to invest in adequate sanitation services. The study aims to determine the household's willingness to pay for improved sanitation services and the associated factors.

Corrigendum: Effects of household access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services on under-five mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa.

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Exploring the association between household access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services and common childhood diseases using data from the 2017-2018 Demographic and Health Survey in Benin: focus on diarrhoea and acute respiratory infection.

Objective: The paper aimed to study the association between household access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services and the occurrence of diarrhoea and acute respiratory infection among children under 5 years in Benin.

Design: We performed secondary analyses using Benin's Fifth Demographic and Health Survey datasets. The dependent variables were diarrhoea and acute respiratory infection (yes=1, no=0).

Effects of the level of household access to water, sanitation and hygiene on the nutritional status of children under five, Benin.

Background: Whether or not the Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) conditions in which children under five live determine their nutritional status is still under discussion. The work aimed to study the effects of household WASH conditions to which children under five are exposed on their nutritional status in Benin.

Methods: The study utilized a cross-sectional design and consisted of secondary analyses using datasets from the fifth Demographic and Health Survey (DHS-V) conducted in Benin.

Sodium, potassium food intake and global cardiovascular risks in Togo.

Objectives: To assess urinary sodium/potassium intake and identify its links with global cardiovascular risk (GCVR) according to the WHOPEN approach to WHO/ISH (International High Blood Pressure Society).

Methods: It was a cross-sectional and analytical study that took place from July 6, 2020, to September 17, 2021, in Togo, in the Aneho, Notse and Dapaong localities. It focused on 400 adults selected by sampling.

Effects of household access to water, sanitation, and hygiene services on under-five mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Introduction: Sub-Saharan Africa has the highest under-five mortality rate and is among the regions where people have the least access to adequate Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene (WASH) services. The work aimed to investigate the effects of WASH conditions faced by children on under-five mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Methods: We carried out secondary analyses using the Demographic and Health Survey datasets of 30 countries in Sub-Saharan Africa.

COVID-19 pandemic in Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region: implication for capacity strengthening at Point of Entry.

Free movement between countries without a visa is allowed within the 15-country Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) region. However, little information is available across the region on the International Health Regulation (IHR 2005) capacities at points of entry (PoE) to detect and respond appropriately to public health emergencies such as Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19). ECOWAS and the member states can better tailor border health measures across the region by understanding public health strengths and priorities for improvement at PoEs.

[Seroprevalence of viral hepatitis B and its associated factors determined based on data from a screening campaign targeting the general population in Benin].

Introduction: hepatitis B is a global public health problem. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of hepatitis B virus (HBV) and its associated factors based on data from a mass screening in several localities across Benin.

Method: we conducted a cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study with prospective data collection.

[Factors associated with psychoactive substance use among Beninese adolescents].

Introduction: Psychoactive substances use among adolescents is a serious public health problem, as it exposes them to risks and health hazards and can ultimately lead to dependence. The present study investigated the prevalence and factors associated with substance use in the Kpomassè Ouidah Tori-Bossito health area in Benin.

Methods: This was a cross-sectional study conducted from 1st May to 15 July 2014 in 451 adolescents aged 10 to 19 years selected by the cluster sampling technique.

Factors associated with dementia among elderly people living in two cities in Central Africa: the EDAC multicenter study.

Risk factors for dementia in American and European countries have been well investigated. However, little research has been carried out in sub-Saharan Africa, where life events as well as environmental, socio-economic, and modifiable risk factors (i.e.

Prevalence of dementia in elderly living in two cities of Central Africa: the EDAC survey.

Background: Data on dementia from low- and middle-income countries are still necessary to quantify the burden of this condition. This multicenter cross-sectional study aimed at estimating the prevalence of dementia in 2 large cities of Central Africa.

Methods: General population door-to-door surveys were conducted in the districts of Bangui (Republic of Central Africa) and Brazzaville (Congo) in elderly aged ≥ 65 years.

Validation of the use of historical events to estimate the age of subjects aged 65 years and over in Cotonou (Benin).

Background: Our aim was to validate the use of historical events as tools for estimating the age of people > or = 65 years in Cotonou (Benin).

Methods: The survey was conducted in Cotonou, the economic capital of Benin. We included people aged > or = 65 years, with at least a primary education level and an administrative document certifying their date of birth.

Migraine among university students in Cotonou (Benin).

Background: Few data are available on migraine among students in Africa. The aim of this study was to estimate the prevalence of migraine and describe its clinical features and associated conditions among students of the Faculty of Health Sciences of Abomey-Calavi University, in Cotonou, Benin.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was prospectively conducted during the academic year 2002-2003 and included 336 students selected using systematic random sampling.

Cognitive impairment and dementia in elderly people living in rural Benin, west Africa.

Background/aims: Dementia is increasing as a priority public health problem because of the ageing of the world population. Our goal was to estimate dementia and cognitive impairment prevalence in an elderly population of rural Benin.

Methods: In a door-to-door survey, elderly people aged 65 years and above were screened using the Community Screening Interview for Dementia and the Five-Word Test.

E-Learning and North-South collaboration: the experience of two public health schools in France and Benin.

Introduction: Distance learning (e-learning) can facilitate access to training. Yet few public health E-learning experiments have been reported; institutes in developing countries experience difficulties in establishing on-line curricula, while developed countries struggle with adapting existing curricula to realities on the ground. In 2005, two schools of public health, one in France and one in Benin, began collaborating through contact sessions organised for Nancy University distance-learning students.

[Healthcare access in Benin: poverty and community aid networks].

The objective of this study was to evaluate the capacity of poor and non-poor households to pay for health care and to show how existing community assistance (or solidarity) networks (CAN) may compensate for this inability. Sixteen (16) study sites were randomly selected after stratification of Benin into four groups. All 1,312 households in our sample (668 poor and 664 non-poor) were interviewed, and 48 focus group were held with opinion leaders, women, healthcare workers, social workers, and persons responsible for these networks.

[Therapeutic itinerary of poor patients in Benin (poverty and health care)].

Objective: There is great risk of excluding the poor in a system where patients are charged for medical care. Our objective was to identify the stages of the therapeutic itinerary of poor and nonpoor patients in case of illness.

Method: Prospective study over 12 months, in 16 sites selected randomly after dividing the territory of Benin into four strata.