Women's and health providers' perceptions of companionship during labor and childbirth: a formative study for the implementation of WHO companionship model in Burkina Faso.

Introduction: A key component of achieving respectful maternal and newborn care is labor companionship. Despite important health benefits for the woman and baby, there are critical gaps in implementing labor companionship for all women globally. The paper aims to present the perceptions and experiences of pregnant women, postpartum women, and health care providers regarding companionship during labor and childbirth, and to identify barriers and facilitating factors to the implementation of labor companionship in Burkina Faso.

[Social representation of chemotherapy and cancer among intern trainee doctor in Ouagadougou].

Introduction: The perceptions that postgraduate medical students have about cancer and chemotherapy could have an impact on the quality of their interactions with their future patients. We conducted this study in order to highlight their representational field for chemotherapy and cancer.

Method: From February 1st to May 31st 2018, 618 students from the 3rd cycle in medical studies from Saint-Thomas d'Aquin University and Ouaga I Pr Joseph Ki-Zerbo of the city of Ouagadougou took part in the study.

Local sustainability and scaling up for user fee exemptions: medical NGOs vis-à-vis health systems.

Free healthcare obviously works when a partner from abroad supplies a health centre or a health district with medicines and funding on a regular basis, provides medical, administrative and managerial training, and gives incentive bonuses and daily subsistence allowances to staff. The experiments by three international NGO in Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger have all been success stories. But withdrawing NGO support means that health centres that have enjoyed a time of plenty under NGO management will return to the fold of health centres run by the state in its present condition and the health system in its present condition, with the everyday consequences of late reimbursements and stock shortages.

[Sociological perspectives on the management of TB/HIV co-infection in Burkina Faso].

In Burkina Faso, the management of TB/HIV co-infection presents a challenge for policy-makers and the health-care system, with its psychological, sociocultural and biomedical issues. The purpose of this paper is to describe the concerns caused by this co-infection and propose a management strategy for these patients. These findings result from a qualitative socio-anthropological study during a public health project in three health districts from 2006 to 2008 and from the observation of care practices in health centres.

[Community involvement in tuberculosis care in three rural health districts of Burkina Faso].

Objective: Develop, implement and evaluate a form of community involvement in TB care in three rural health districts (DS).

Methods: Profiles of community representatives were identified within the therapeutic itineraries of TB patients (PATB). Community contributions have been made in a specific context via a committee of community resource persons.