Articles originaux
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Serum Soluble Transferrin Receptor Concentrations Are Elevated in Congolese Children with Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Variants, but Not Sickle Cell Variants or α-Thalassemia.
Barker MK1,2, Henderson AM3,2, Naguib K1,2, Vercauteren SM2,4, Devlin AM3,2, Albert AY5, Bahizire E6,7, Tugirimana PL8, Akilimali PZ9, Boy E10, Green TJ11,12, Karakochuk CD13,2. 1Food, Nutrition, and Health and.2British Columbia […]
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Barriers and facilitators to the implementation of antenatal syphilis screening and treatment for the prevention of congenital syphilis in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Zambia: results of qualitative formative research
Dalau Nkamba,Musaku Mwenechanya, Arlette Mavila Kilonga, Maria Luisa Cafferata, Amanda Mabel Berrueta, Agustina Mazzoni, Fernando Althabe, Ezequiel Garcia-Elorrio, Antoniette K. Tshefu,Elwyn Chomba, Pierre M. Buekens and Maria Belizan Abstract Background […]
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Determinants of childhood stunting in the Democratic Republic of Congo: further analysis of Demographic and Health Survey 2013–14
Hallgeir Kismul†Email authorView ORCID ID profile, Pawan Acharya†, Mala Ali Mapatano and Anne Hatløy BMC Public HealthBMC series – open, inclusive and trusted201718:74 https://doi.org/10.1186/s12889-017-4621-0 © The Author(s). 2017 Received: 2 December 2016 Accepted: 21 July 2017 Published: 1 August 2017 Abstract Background Prevalence of child stunting […]
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Social accountability in primary health care in West and Central Africa: exploring the role of health facility committees
Elsbet LodensteinEmail authorView ORCID ID profile,Eric Mafuta,Adolphe C. Kpatchavi,Jean Servais,Marjolein Dieleman,Jacqueline E. W. Broerse,Alpha Amadou Bano Barry,Thérèse M. N. Mambu andJurrien Toonen Abstract Background Social accountability has been emphasised as […]
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Trends of improved water and sanitation coverage around the globe between 1990 and 2010 : inequality among countries and performance of official development assistance
Seungman Cha , Paul Mansiangi Mankadi, Mousab Siddig Elhag , Yongjoo Lee & Yan Jin Global Health Action, 10:1, 1327170, DOI: 10.1080/16549716.2017.1327170 To link to this article: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/16549716.2017.1327170 ABSTRACT Background: […]
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Influence des visites prénatales sur l’issue des grossesses ayant atteint l’âge de la viabilité fœtale : cas de l’Hôpital Provincial Général de Référence de Kinshasa / Influence of prenatal visits on the outcome of pregnancies reaching the age of fetal viability: case of the General Provincial Reference Hospital in Kinshasa
Mpunga DM1, Lubo I², Mafuta EM1, Nguma AM3. Annales africaines de médecine Volume 9 n°4 : Septembre 2016 Objective. The objective of this study was to determine the influence of prenatal […]
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Onchocerciasis in the Democratic Republic of Congo: Survey of knowledge, attitude and perception in Bandundu province.
Makenga Bof JC1, Mpunga D2, Soa EN2, Ntumba F3, Bakajika D3, Murdoch ME4, Coppieters Y5. Abstract A community-directed treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) for fighting onchocerciasis was started in 2003 in the hyperendemic province of Bandundu, Democratic […]
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Availability and Quality of Family Planning Services in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: High Potential for Improvement
Dieudonné Mpunga, JP Lumbayi, Nelly Dikamba, Albert Mwembo, Mala Ali Mapatano, Gilbert Wembodinga ABSTRACT Objective: To determine the availability and quality of family planning services within health facilities throughout the […]
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Facteurs associés au diabète chez les employés des Services des entreprises pétrolières du Congo, Kinshasa, RDC
Odrade Chabikuli, 1 Gérard Eloko Eya Matangelo²; Léon Okenge Ngongo² 1 Ecole de Santé Publique, Faculté de Médecine, Université de Kinshasa, République Démocratique du Congo ² Institut Supérieur des Techniques […]
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Continuous quality improvement interventions to improve long-term outcomes of antiretroviral therapy in women who initiated therapy during pregnancy or breastfeeding in the Democratic Republic of Congo: design of an open-label, parallel, group randomized trial
Marcel YotebiengEmail author, Frieda Behets, Bienvenu Kawende, BMC Health Services ResearchBMC series – open, inclusive and trusted201717:306 DOI: 10.1186/s12913-017-2253-9 © The Author(s). 2017 Received: 21 March 2017 Accepted: 20 April 2017 Published: 26 April 2017 Abstract Background Despite the rapid adoption of the World […]