Consultation meeting with key stakeholders

The  consultation  workshop  with  Burkinabe  key  stakeholders  for  the  V1  Project  within  the   Challenge  Program  on  Water  and  Food  (CPWF)  of  the  Volta  Basin  took  place  from  14  to  15   March  2011  in  Ouagadougou.  The  meeting  room  of  the  DIST  in  CNRST  was  booked  for  the   first  day  while  in  the  second  day,  the  workshop  took  place  in  the  conference  room  of  the   National  Archives  Centre.   The  opening  ceremony  was  made  by  Dr.  Eric  Kemp-­‐Benedict  (SEI/Boston,  USA)  and  Dr.   Kaboré  Séraphine  (INERA/Ouagadougou).  After  welcoming  all  attendees  of  the  workshop,   Dr.  Eric  has  thanked  INERA  for  its  active  participation  in  the  2nd  phase  of  the  CPWF  program   for  the  Volta  Basin  and  particularly  in  the  V1  project  “targeting  and  scaling  out  water   harvesting  interventions  for  agriculture”.  He  has  outlined  the  objectives  of  the  workshop,   that  is,  to  consult  and  discuss  among  actors  for  the  better  understanding  of  the   methodology  adopted  for  the  V1  research  project.   The  coordinator  of  the  V1  project  in  INERA  (Dr.  Kaboré)  seconded  Dr.  Eric  and,  on  behalf  of   the  Director  of  INERA  welcomed  the  trainer  as  well  as  all  participants  who  positively   responded  to  her  invitation.  She  argued  that  the  main  objective  of  the  project  is  to  elaborate   a  reliable  tool  suitable  for  scaling  out  good  water  management  practices  and  approaches  for   food  production  in  the  Volta  Basin.  She  finally  asked  attendees  to  actively  work  for  the   success  of  the  workshop.   After  this  ceremony,  each  attendee  was  asked  to  fully  present  himself.  This  was  followed  by   two  PowerPoint  presentations  of  an  overview  of  the  project.  Attendees  were  from  INERA,   government  institutions,  NGOs  and  development  projects  on  water  and  agriculture

COVID-19 vaccine acceptance and hesitancy in low- and middle-income countries

Widespread acceptance of COVID-19 vaccines is crucial for achieving sufficient immunization coverage to end the global pandemic, yet few studies have investigated COVID-19 vaccination attitudes in lower-income countries, where large-scale vaccination is just beginning. We analyze COVID-19 vaccine acceptance across 15 survey samples covering 10 low- and middle-income countries (LMICs) in Asia, Africa and South America, Russia (an upper-middle-income country) and the United States, including a total of 44,260 individuals. We find considerably higher willingness to take a COVID-19 vaccine in our LMIC samples (mean 80.3%; median 78%; range 30.1 percentage points) compared with the United States (mean 64.6%) and Russia (mean 30.4%). Vaccine acceptance in LMICs is primarily explained by an interest in personal protection against COVID-19, while concern about side effects is the most common reason for hesitancy. Health workers are the most trusted sources of guidance about COVID-19 vaccines. Evidence from this sample of LMICs suggests that prioritizing vaccine distribution to the Global South should yield high returns in advancing global immunization coverage. Vaccination campaigns should focus on translating the high levels of stated acceptance into actual uptake. Messages highlighting vaccine efficacy and safety, delivered by healthcare workers, could be effective for addressing any remaining hesitancy in the analyzed LMICs.Publisher PDFPeer reviewe

Conduites dopantes dans le sport au Burkina Faso : connaissances, attitudes et pratiques

Méthodes : Il s’est agi d’une étude pilote descriptive qui a concerné des footballeurs, des athlètes, des cyclistes professionnels et leurs staffs. Les données ont été collectées à partir de questionnaires auto-administrés. Résultats : Au total, 75 % des sportifs sollicités ont pu participer à l’enquête (n = 63). L’âge moyen des footballeurs, des cyclistes et des athlètes étaient respectivement de 24, 26 et 20 ans. L’ancienneté dans la pratique sportive professionnelle était en moyenne de trois ans chez les footballeurs, de 4,5 ans chez les cyclistes et de 3,5 ans chez les athlètes. Les mass médias seraient la principale source d’informations des sportifs (82 %) sur les conduites dopantes. Les méfaits des conduites dopantes les plus cités par les sportifs étaient les troubles cardiaques, la baisse de rendement physique à long terme, les troubles psychiques, l’insomnie et les maladies rénales. Onze footballeurs sur 34 (32 %) ont été capables de citer un méfait des conduites dopantes, six (18 %) croient que les conduites dopantes sont bénéfiques. Les cyclistes ont été les plus nombreux à ignorer les effets néfastes des conduites dopantes (15 sur 16) et à leur reconnaître des effets bénéfiques (12 sur 16). Ils étaient les plus nombreux à adopter des conduites dopantes. Quatre athlètes (31 %) croient que les conduites dopantes ont des effets bénéfiques contre sept (54 %) qui ont pu en citer des effets néfastes. La tentation d’utiliser des produits dopants est une réalité chez les sportifs enquêtés. Les encadrements techniques ont condamné les conduites dopantes. Les produits utilisés étaient des produits pharmaceutiques et des plantes locales. Conclusion : Ces constats soulignent la nécessité de conduire des actions de prévention des conduites dopantes au Burkina Faso, avant qu’elles n’évoluent vers le dopage

Tobacco use and associated risk factors in Burkina Faso: results from a population-based cross-sectional survey

Tobacco is a leading preventable cause of non-communicable diseases (NCDs). Studies characterizing the prevalence of tobacco use in low-income countries are lacking. This study describes the prevalence of tobacco use in Burkina Faso and its associated factors.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishe

Impact of an integrated control campaign on tsetse populations in Burkina Faso

Abstract Background Tsetse flies are the sole vectors of human and animal trypanosomosis. In Burkina Faso, a project aiming to create zones free of tsetse flies and trypanosomosis was executed from June 2006 to December 2013. After the determination of tsetse distribution in the intervention area from December 2007 to November 2008, the control campaign was launched in November 2009 and ended in December 2013. The goal was to eliminate tsetse flies from 40,000 km2 of area, through an integrated control campaign including insecticide targets, traps and cattle, sequential aerial treatment (SAT) and the mass treatment of livestock using trypanocides. The campaign involved assistance of the beneficiary communities at all the steps of the control strategy with insecticide impregnated targets. Methods This study was carried out to assess the impact of the control project on tsetse apparent density per trap per day (ADT). To evaluate the effectiveness of tsetse control, 201 sites were selected based on the baseline survey results carried out from December 2007 to November 2008. These sites were monitored bi-monthly from January 2010 to November 2012. At the end-of-study in 2013 a generalized entomological survey was carried out in 401 infested sites found during the longitudinal survey done before the control. Barrier and tsetse persistence areas were treated by ground spraying and evaluated. Controls were also done before and after aerial spraying. Results In the insecticide-impregnated target area, the control showed that ADT of tsetse flies declined from 10.73 (SD 13.27) to 0.43 (SD 2.51) fly/trap/day from the third month of campaign onwards (P < 0.0001) and remained low thereafter. At the end of the campaign in 2013, an 83% reduction of ADT was observed for Glossina palpalis gambiensis and a 92% reduction for G. tachinoides. Tsetse flies were captured only in 29% of the sites found infested in 2008. Conclusions Tsetse flies could be suppressed efficiently but their elimination from the targeted area may require the use integrated methods including the Sterile Insect Technique, which is programmed through the development of the Pan African Tsetse and Trypanosomiasis Eradication Campaign (PATTEC Burkina) insectarium. The challenge will remain the sustainability of the achievement

Additional file 4: Table S4. of Impact of an integrated control campaign on tsetse populations in Burkina Faso

Database for the final longitudinal entomological survey. (CSV 62 kb

Additional file 3: Table S3. of Impact of an integrated control campaign on tsetse populations in Burkina Faso

Data for trypanosomosis prevalence. (CSV 362 kb

Additional file 1: Table S1. of Impact of an integrated control campaign on tsetse populations in Burkina Faso

Database for Entomological survey of aerial spraying. (CSV 20 kb

Additional file 2: Table S2. of Impact of an integrated control campaign on tsetse populations in Burkina Faso

Database for the periodical control. (CSV 244 kb