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Determinants of attendance in antenatal care clinics in rural settings in Mali and Burkina Faso: a cross-sectional study

Bognini JD, Koita K, N’takpe JB, Bihoun B, Dembélé M,  et al.
2025-04-14 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth
2025-04-14 • BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth

BACKGROUND

Since 2016, the World Health Organization (WHO) has recommended a minimum of eight antenatal care (ANC) contacts during pregnancy, replacing the prev...

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Research

Serum insulin-like growth factor 1 in young children with moderate acute malnutrition: Secondary analysis of a randomised trial in Burkina Faso

Helt TW, Cichon B, Fabiansen C, Iuel-Brockdorff AS, Yaméogo CW,  et al.
2025-02-13 • British Journal of Nutrition
2025-02-13 • British Journal of Nutrition

Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) is an important growth factor in childhood. We aimed to investigate th...

Journal Article
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Research

Serum insulin-like growth factor 1 in young children with moderate acute malnutrition: Secondary analysis of a randomized trial in Burkina Faso

Helt TW, Cichon B, Fabiansen C, Iuel-Brockdorff AS, Yaméogo CW,  et al.
2025-02-13 • British Journal of Nutrition
2025-02-13 • British Journal of Nutrition

Insulin-like growth factor 1 (IGF-1) is an important growth factor in childhood. We aimed to investigate the impact of food supplements for treatment of moderate acute malnutrition (M...

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Video

PaED Talk - Voices from MSF Projects: Implementation of ‘zero separation’, Bobo, Burkina Faso

Cabral S
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
2024-05-03 • MSF Paediatric Days 2024
Journal Article
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Review

Antimicrobial resistance in Enterobacterales infections among children in sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Kowalski M, Minka Obama B, Catho G, Dewez JE, Merglen A,  et al.
2024-03-08 • eClinicalMedicine
2024-03-08 • eClinicalMedicine
BACKGROUND
The burden of antimicrobial resistance (AMR) has been estimated to be the highest in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The current study estimated the proportion of drug-resistant...
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Research

Effects of the Covid-19 pandemic on ART initiation and access to HIV viral load monitoring in adults living with HIV in West Africa: a regression discontinuity analysis

Ben Farhat J, TiendrebeogoMD T, Malateste K, Poda A, Minga A,  et al.
2024-03-01 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS)
2024-03-01 • Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes (JAIDS)
OBJECTIVES
Efforts to control the COVID-19 pandemic have potentially compromised the availability and/or quality of HIV services. We aimed to assess the pandemic’s impact on ART init...
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Review

Using clinical vignettes to understand the complexity of diagnosing type 1 diabetes in Sub-Saharan Africa

Le Bec E, Kam M, Aebischer Perone S, Boulle P, Cikomola J,  et al.
2023-11-13 • Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine
2023-11-13 • Research and Reports in Tropical Medicine
Lack of awareness, access to insulin and diabetes care can result in high levels of morbidity and mortality for children with type 1 diabetes (T1DM) in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). Improvem...
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Slide Presentation

Qualité de la mise en œuvre des programmes de chimioprévention paludisme saisonnier (FR)

Lasmi K, Elimian K, Baker K
2022-12-01 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-12-01 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
Conference Material
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Video

SMC in Burkina Faso: National roll out and combining strategies

Sondo P
2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
Conference Material
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Poster

Integrating pulse oximetry into IMCI consultations to improve health care of under-5 children in Primary Health Centres in West Africa

Hedible GB, Neboua D, Peters Bokol L, Anago G, Zair Z,  et al.
2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
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Poster

Impact of food supplements on IGF-1 in children with moderate acute malnutrition: Secondary analysis of a randomised 2x2x3 factorial trial in Burkina Faso

Helt TW, Grenov B, Yaméogo CW, Fabiansen C, Iuel-Brockdorff AS,  et al.
2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
Conference Material
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Poster

Household expenditures in primary health care centers for children under 5 years old in Burkina Faso, Guinea, Mali and Niger, 2021-2022

Agbeci H, Bakyono R, Touré AO, Coulibaly A, Doumbia M,  et al.
2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-11-30 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
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Video

Implementation quality of seasonal malaria chemoprevention: a qualitative study exploring the perspectives of caregivers and community distributors in Burkina Faso and Chad

Lasmi K
2022-11-29 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-11-29 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
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Abstract

Implementation quality of seasonal malaria chemoprevention: a qualitative study exploring the perspectives of caregivers and community distributors in Burkina Faso and Chad

Lasmi K, Elimian K, Baker K
2022-11-26 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
2022-11-26 • MSF Paediatric Days 2022
BACKGROUND AND AIMS
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is a preventive treatment for malaria, targeting children aged 3 to 59 months. Since 2012, the World Health Organization re...
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Research

Evaluation of the acceptability of improved supplementary foods for the treatment of moderate acute malnutrition in Burkina Faso using a mixed method approach

Iuel-Brockdorf AS, Draebel TA, Ritz C, Fabiansen C, Cichon B,  et al.
2016-01-02 • Appetite
2016-01-02 • Appetite
The objective of this study was to evaluate, within the context of a randomized controlled trial of product effectiveness, the acceptability of new formulations of six corn-soy blended f...
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Research

Meningitis Dipstick Rapid Test: Evaluating Diagnostic Performance During an Urban Neisseria Meningitidis Serogroup A Outbreak, Burkina Faso, 2007

Rose AMC, Mueller JE, Gerstl S, Njanpop-Lafourcade BM, Page AL,  et al.
2010-06-11 • PLOS One
2010-06-11 • PLOS One
Meningococcal meningitis outbreaks occur every year during the dry season in the "meningitis belt" of sub-Saharan Africa. Identification of the causative strain is crucial before launchi...
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Research

Acceptability of new formulations of corn-soy blends and lipid-based nutrient supplements in Province du Passoré, Burkina Faso

Iuel-Brockdorf AS, Dræbel T, Fabiansen C, Cichon B, Christensen VB,  et al.
2015-08-01 • Appetite
2015-08-01 • Appetite
The objective of this study was to evaluate the acceptability of new formulations of six corn-soy blended flours (CSB) and six lipid-based nutrient supplements (LNS) with different quant...
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Research

Baseline characteristics, response to and outcome of antiretroviral therapy among patients with HIV-1, HIV-2 and dual infection in Burkina Faso

Harries K, Zachariah R, Manzi M, Firmenich P, Mathela R,  et al.
2009-09-23 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
2009-09-23 • Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene
In an urban district hospital in Burkina Faso we investigated the relative proportions of HIV-1, HIV-2 and HIV-1/2 among those tested, the baseline sociodemographic and clinical characte...
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Research

Outcomes for efavirenz versus nevirapine-containing regimens for treatment of HIV-1 infection: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Pillay P, Ford NP, Shubber Z, Ferrand RA
2013-07-22 • PLOS One
2013-07-22 • PLOS One
INTRODUCTION
There is conflicting evidence and practice regarding the use of the non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NNRTI) efavirenz (EFV) and nevirapine (NVP) in first...
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Research

Thymus size in children with moderate malnutrition: a cohort study from Burkina Faso

Rytter MJH, Cichon B, Fabiansen C, Yaméogo CW, Windinmi SZ,  et al.
2020-07-20 • Pediatric Research
2020-07-20 • Pediatric Research
Background: Moderate acute malnutrition (MAM) affects millions of children, increasing their risk of dying from infections. Thymus atrophy may be a marker of malnutrition-associated immu...