Unlabelled: The causes of death are of great importance in assessing the health status of the population and care'squality. Their study could guide health policies aimed at increasing life expectancy.
Objectives: It was to determine the causes of death; to study the socio-demographic characteristics of deceased.
Goals: We studied the socio-demographic and paraclinicalcharacteristics of tuberculosis patients to identify the factors associated with their deaths in Bamako.
Materials And Methods: A retrospective cohort study was carried out on tuberculosis patients registered in Bamako from October 1, 2017 to September 30, 2018. Quantitative variables were presented by their mean, qualitative ones by their proportions.
African swine fever (ASF) has been endemic in sub-Saharan Africa since the 1960s. Following its introduction in Senegal, in 1957, ASF steadily progressed through West Africa, reaching Burkina Faso in 2003, and later Mali in 2016. Despite the heavy burden of disease on pig production, little information is available on the genetic diversity of Africa swine fever virus (ASFV) in Burkina Faso, Mali and Senegal.
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In Mali, since 2007, artemether-lumefantrine has been the first choice against uncomplicated malaria. Despite its effectiveness, a rapid selection of markers of resistance to partner drugs has been documented. This work evaluated the treatment according to the World Health Organization's standard 28-day treatment method.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: A public health emergency of international concern, COVID-19 is an acute respiratory disease responsible in eight months of approximately 843,158 deaths worldwide, including 29,425 deaths in Africa. The objective was to describe the COVID-19 cases in the health district of Commune III of Bamako.
Methods: This was a descriptive cross-sectional study of COVID-19 surveillance data from March 26 to August 27, 2020.