Publications by authors named "Moustafa Mijiyawa"
Article Synopsis
- The study assesses the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on health indicators related to HIV, malaria, and tuberculosis (TB) in Togo, revealing limited data from sub-Saharan Africa prior to this research.
- It analyzed national health data from January 2019 to December 2021, employing Poisson segmented regression to evaluate changes in nine key health indicators before and during the pandemic.
- Results showed a significant decline in six indicators, with urgent recommendations for improving healthcare system preparedness in Togo despite some maintenance of HIV, malaria, and TB services over time.
Prevalence of severe adverse events among health professionals after receiving the first dose of the ChAdOx1 nCoV-19 coronavirus vaccine (Covishield) in Togo, March 2021.
Arch Public Health
November 2021
Article Synopsis
- * A total of 1,639 participants experienced various adverse events, with the most common being injection site pain (91%) and fatigue (74%), while some required medical consultations or were unable to work post-vaccination.
- * The research indicated that younger individuals and females were more likely to experience SAEs, suggesting the potential need for preemptive pain management strategies like antalgics for this demographic.
Article Synopsis
- COVID-19 began in December 2019 in China and was declared a pandemic by March 2020, with Togo reporting its first case on March 5, 2020.
- A survey conducted from April 23 to May 8, 2020, aimed to estimate the prevalence of SARS-CoV-2 among high-risk groups in Lomé, using oropharyngeal swabs and blood samples for testing.
- Results showed a low overall prevalence of 1.6% among 955 participants, with government measures likely contributing to the low rates of infection, leading to a recommendation for targeted screening in these high-risk populations.
Background: The cost of low back pain was the subject of few studies in black Africa.
Aim: To assess the cost of common low back pain and lumbar radiculopathy in Lomé.
Methods: A six months study was realised in the rheumatologic department of CHU Sylvanus Olympio.
Background: The incidence of bone malignancy in adulthood seems poorly known in Black Africa.
Aim: To determine the epidemiological, clinical, and paraclinical profile of bone malignancy in patients admitted to the Rheumatology Department in Lomé (Togo).
Methods: A retrospective study was conducted over 19 years on records of hospital patients admitted for bone malignancy.
Background: The spine is a frequent site of infection but cervical spine localization seems to be rare.
Objective: to determine the frequency and features of cervical spondylodiscitis in patients attending the Sylvanus Olympio University Hospital Center in Togo.
Methods: A retrospective study of patients hospitalized in the Department of Rheumatology over a 20-year period was conducted.
Aim: To determine the patterns of rheumatic diseases in patients attending the rheumatology unit of the Lomé Tokoin teaching hospital.
Methods: Medical records of patients seen over 16 years period were studied transversally. All the patients suffering of rheumatic disease were including in the study.
In West Africa, as in Majority World countries, people with a communication disability are generally cut-off from the normal development process. A long-term involvement of two partners (Orthophonistes du Monde and Handicap International) allowed the implementation in 2003 of the first speech-language pathology qualifying course in West Africa, within the Ecole Nationale des Auxiliaires Medicaux (ENAM, National School for Medical Auxiliaries) in Lome, Togo. It is a 3-year basic training (after the baccalaureate) in the only academic training centre for medical assistants in Togo.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAim: A study has been carried out by Togolese medical doctors in order to determine the perceived and the real life of their profession.
Methods: The study, which was transversal, has taken in account a sample of 52 medical doctors made on the basis of a cautious choice. Most of these medical doctors (15 general practitioners, 23 specialists and 14 hospitalo-universitaires) work in the medical cares centres of Lomé.
Aim: To search a possible difference in gout and in the risk factors for gout expression according to the of hemoglobin in patients seen at the lomé teaching hospital rheumatology clinic (Togo).
Patients And Methods: Medical records of patients seen during 17 years were studied. The patients affected by the gout and answering New York criteria have been included.
Aim: determine the prevalence and topographic patterns of osteoarthritis.
Methods: Medical records of patients seen at the Lomé Teaching Hospital, Rheumatology Clinic (Togo) were studied retrospectively.
Results: Among the 12251 patients seen over a 15 year period, 1085 had appendicular osteoarthritis.
Aim: To search a possible difference in the avascular necrosis of the femoral head expression in patients with AA and AS hemoglobins seen at the Lomé Teaching Hospital Rheumatology Cinic (Togo).
Methods: Medical records of patients seen at the Lomé Teaching Hospital, Rheumatology Clinic (Togo) during 17 years were studied. Have been included in the present study the patients affected by the avascular necrosis of the femoral head and having been the object of hemoglobi electroophoresis (79 patients: AS hemoglobin (29 patients) ; AA hemoglobin (50 patients).
Objective: To investigate the contribution of HLA class I alleles in the susceptibility to primary ankylosing spondylitis (AS) in West African patients living in Togo.
Methods: A large epidemiologic analysis of 9,065 West African rheumatology patients living in Togo was performed in order to identify those who had AS. Eight Togolese patients with AS were identified.