[Personal protective equipment wearing in the context of COVID-19 in a hospital in Burkina Faso].

Introduction: Personal protective equipment (PPE) is used by health care workers to protect themselves and patients from various exposures such as infectious agents. However, the wearing of this equipment is not always optimal, especially in an epidemic context of COVID-19 transmission.

Aim Of The Study: The aim of this study, in the specific context of COVID-19, is to contribute to the improvement of PPE wearing practices by health workers.

[Failure of first-line antiretroviral therapy in HIV-infected children in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso].

Approximately one-fourth of the estimated 10,000 HIV-infected children in Burkina Faso are undergoing antiretroviral (ARV) therapy. At the Charles de Gaulle Pediatric Hospital Center in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, Support for ARV therapy began in July 2003 and a total of 250 children were undergoing treatment in late 2007. The purpose of this retrospective case-control study conducted over a period of 54 months from July 2003 to December 2007 was to investigate cases involving failure of first-line ARV therapy in particular with regard to cause.