Experimental auctions, collective induction and choice shift: willingness-to-pay for rice quality in Senegal

We propose a collective induction treatment as an aggregator of information and preferences, which enables testing whether consumer preferences for food quality elicited through experimental auctions are robust to aggregation. We develop a two-stage estimation method based on social judgement scheme theory to identify the determinants of social influence in collective induction. Our method is tested in a market experiment aiming to assess consumers willingness-to-pay for rice quality in Senegal. No significant choice shift was observed after collective induction, which suggests that consumer preferences for rice quality are robust to aggregation. Almost three quarters of social influence captured by the model and the variables was explained by social status, market expertise and information

L'expertise pour prédire la production cotonnière en Afrique de l'Ouest : est-elle une solution face aux aléas climatiques émergents ?

Description du sujet. Face aux effets attendus des aléas climatiques sur l'économie des pays d'Afrique de l'Ouest, anticiper la production agricole est devenu une priorité pour les acteurs du développement. L'article porte sur l'estimation précoce de la production cotonnière avant la récolte au Sénégal, par voie d'expertise de la SODEFITEX. Objectifs. L'étude a pour objectifs d'expliciter les connaissances mobilisées par les experts pour prédire le rendement, eu égard à l'incertitude sur les conditions climatiques à venir, et d'évaluer la performance des prévisions, selon le niveau territorial considéré. Méthode. Pour atteindre ces deux objectifs, l'article s'appuie sur l'analyse statistique de la production cotonnière au Sénégal de 2004 à 2015, combinée à une enquête réalisée auprès de 32 experts de la SODEFITEX. Résultats. L'analyse des résultats d'enquête met en évidence une prévision principalement établie sur la base de l'état des cultures, des pratiques culturales au premier rang desquelles la date de semis et, pour certains experts, de l'historique de la production et son environnement organisationnel et social. La comparaison des prévisions avec la production effective montre que les experts surestiment systématiquement les niveaux de production inférieurs à 1 000 kg.ha-1, en conditions climatiques défavorables. Conclusions. Dans un contexte de faible documentation scientifique sur l'estimation précoce de la production par voie d'expertise, les résultats de l'étude éclairent sur les connaissances mobilisées et la performance des prévisions délivrées, ouvrant ainsi la voie à une critique rationnelle de l'expertise. La diversité de points de vue mise en évidence par l'analyse multicritère, entre niveaux hiérarchiques et entre agents de même niveau, souligne le besoin de confrontation des connaissances pour faire émerger les variables explicatives nécessaires à la prévision et tendre vers une objectivité accrue de l'expertise face aux aléas climatiques récurrents

Étude comparative de l’évolution du trait de côte sur deux flèches sableuses de la Petite Côte (Sénégal) : cas de Joal et de Djiffère

Les flèches sableuses de Joal et de Djiffère, situées sur la Petite Côte du Sénégal, présentent des évolutions différentes. La cinématique du trait de côte est assez complexe à Joal contrairement à Palmarin-Djiffère où le taux de recul est graduel, en particulier aux extrémités nord et sud de la flèche. La tendance moyenne de recul des traits de côte digitalisés après correction géométrique (1989 à 2013) donne un taux de recul insignifiant de – 0,82 m/an (20,4 m) à Joal et important à Palmarin-Djiffère ( -3,83 m/an soit 91,92 m). Les bilans sédimentaires trimestriels obtenus par suivi des profils de plage de janvier 2012 à septembre 2013 indiquent des échanges sédimentaires permettant d’identifier les mois de janvier, février, juillet et août comme des périodes d’érosion, et mars et septembre de reconstitution des plages. La dynamique de ces littoraux est en cohérence avec le régime des houles de la côte sud de Dakar et de la situation d’ouverture de la brèche de Sangomar.The sandy spits of Joal and Djiffère area, located on the Small Coast of Senegal, present different evolutions. The Joal shoreline’s kinematics is complex in contrast with Palmarin-Djiffère where the rate of retreat is gradual especially at the north and south ends of the spit. The global average trend of shorelines retreat digitised after geometric correction (1989 to 2013) gives a retreat rate insignificant for Joal coast and important for Palmarin-Djiffère shoreline (respectively -0,82 m/year e.g.20,4 m and -3,83 m/year e.g. 91,92 m). The quarterly sedimentary balances, obtained by beach profiles survey from January 2012 to September 2013, indicate sedimentary exchanges showing the months of january, february, july and august as periods of erosion, and march and september as mounths of beaches feeding. The dynamic of these coasts is consistent with the swells regime of the south coast of Dakar and with the Sangomar breach development

Ectopia cordis about a case at Ourossogui regional hospital center

We report in this work, an extremely rare and major case of anterior body wall defects included ectopia cordis define by abnormal location of heart outside of the thorax. This case was diagnosed at the maternity of Ourossogui regional hospital center, in Senegal. Any scan was performed during the pregnancy. Newborn died 10 minutes after birth. Ectopia cordis is related to a possible ventral midline developmental abnormality. It’s associated to other midline abnormalities and is a part of pentalogy of Cantrell. An X-linked genetic abnormality

Maternal and perinatal outcomes in multiple versus singleton pregnancies in Dakar, Senegal: a cross sectional study over 10 years

Background: The birth of twins is a singular event in most societies, and even more when it comes to multiple births. The objective of this study was to investigate maternal and perinatal outcomes in multiple versus singleton pregnancies.Methods: Cross-sectional study carried out at Philippe Maguilen Senghor health center in Dakar, Senegal from January 1, 2011 to June 30, 2019. Data were extracted from this E-perinatal electronic database and then analyzed in statistical package for social science software (SPSS 24, Mac version).Results: A total 42,870 mothers delivered 44,149 newborns including 1250 twins (2.8%) and 29 triplets. The mean maternal age was 27 years. Mothers with multiple pregnancies had 3 times the odds of poor maternal outcome compared to mothers with single pregnancies (OR 2.42, 95% CI; 1.98-2.94, p <0.001, for high blood pressure; OR, 2.66; 95% CI, 2.11-3.32, p= <0.001, for severe pre-eclampsia; and OR, 3.04; 95% CI, 1.64-5.66, p <0.001, for postpartum hemorrhage). Likewise, women with multiple gestations had significantly higher rates of preterm birth (OR 5.62; 95% CI: 4.91-6.41, p <0.001), breech presentations (OR = 11.02; CI = 9.68-12.53, p <0.001) and neonatal deaths (OR = 2.94; CI = 9.6852-12.5328 p= 0.004) as compared to women with singleton gestations. Furthermore, women with multifetal gestations had increased risk for caesarean section (OR 2.14; 95% CI: 1.91-2.41, p <0.001) compared with their singleton counterparts. The risks for episiotomy and perineal injuries were higher for women with singleton gestations as compared to multiple gestation mothers.Conclusions: This study results are in line with previous findings and contradict others. Particular attention should always be paid to multiple pregnancies’ management. However, the pattern of certain complications traditionally correlated with multiple pregnancies is to be confirmed

Village Baseline Study: Site Analysis Report for Kaffrine – Kaffrine, Senegal

The village baseline study of Toune Mosquée village in the CCAFS benchmark site Kaffrine in Senegal took place from June 2 to 4, 2011. Natural resources in the village are in a progressive state of degradation. The ‘protected’ forest has almost disappeared, the soils have low fertility and are degraded, and crop production is not sufficient to meet the food needs of a family throughout the year. Families must buy food to fill the gap in production. For that they harvest and sell forest products, which creates a vicious cycle of resource degradation. The male and female groups identified 35 organisations operating in the village including informal groups, state services, associations, NGOs and Muslim brotherhoods. While 18 of those work on food security issues, only 4 are involved in the management and protection of natural resources. Very few agricultural extension and training opportunities target women despite the women’s significant role in agriculture and livestock production. Women obtain information on livestock feeding techniques from people and organisations such as the horticultural project, women’s associations, and water and forest services. Men get information on soil inputs and soil fertility management from other farmers, organisations, radio and television, and from community leaders, notably the office of the village chief and the mosque on Fridays. The radio is the form of media most commonly used by the women but few women own a radio

Completeness of information in electronic compared with paper-based patients’ records in a maternity setting in Dakar, Senegal

Background: Evaluate the consistency of information in paper-based records when registered in parallel with an electronic medical record.Methods: The study was performed at PMSHC in Dakar Senegal. From the end of year 2016, patients’ files were recorded on both paper-based and electronically. Additionally, previous records were electronically registered. To investigate the completeness of records before and after the electronic recording system has been implemented, information about some maternal and fetal/neonatal characteristics were assessed. When the variable was recorded, the system returned 1, unrecorded variables were coded as 0. We then calculated, for each variable, the unrecorded rate before 2017 and after that date. The study period extended from 2011 to June 2019, a nearly ten-year period. Data were extracted from E-perinatal to MS excel 2019 then SPSS 25 software. Frequencies of unrecorded variables were compared with chi-squared test at a level of significance of 5%.Results: A total of 48,270 unique patients’ records were identified during the eight-year period.  Among the study population, data for patients’ age, address and parity were available most of the time before and after 2017 (0.5% missing data versus 0.3% for age and 2.6% versus 1.3% for home address and from 0.3% to 0.0% for parity). However, phone number, maternal weight, maternal height, last menstrual period and blood group were found to be missing up to 96% before 2017. From 2017, these rates experienced a sudden decrease at a significant level: from 82.4% to 27.8% for phone number, from 96% to 56.3% for maternal weight and from 60.1% to 21.3% for blood group. Regarding newborns’ data, it was found that fetal height, head circumference and chest circumference were missing up to just under 25% before 2017. After that date, their completeness improved and flattened under 5%.Conclusions: Structured and computerized files reduce missing data. There is an urgent need the Ministry of health provides hospitals and health care providers with guidelines that describes the standardized information that should be gathered and shared in health and care records

Hepatocellular carcinoma associated with pregnancy about 2 cases at the gynecological and obstetrical clinic of the Aristide Le Dantec hospital, Dakar, Senegal

The objective of our study was to report 2 cases of hepatocellular carcinomas associated with pregnancy followed in our structure and to review the literature. Our patients were 30 and 37-year-old multi-gesture females with chronic unattended viral hepatitis B in whom the diagnosis of hepatocellular carcinoma was made in the third trimester of pregnancy at 31 weeks of amenorrhea and 4 days and at 32 weeks of amenorrhea after the incidental finding of tumor hepatomegaly on abdominal-pelvic ultrasound. The main clinical signs were jaundice and hepatomegaly and paraclinical signs were dominated by hepatic cytolysis and anemia in addition to ultrasound images. Follow-up of pregnancies revealed no particularities. A caesarean section was scheduled at 32 weeks of amenorrhea and 32 weeks of amenorrhea and 3 days allowing the birth of two preterm newborns weighing 1210 and 1500 gm with Apgar scores of 8-10/10 and 7-9/10 respectively at the fifth minute. The immediate post-operative follow-up was simple. However, the maternal-fetal prognosis was poor with the death of both patients in a multi-visceral failure table occurring respectively at 6 weeks and 3 weeks after caesarean section. The newborns had died 8 days after birth. Although rare, these two cases challenge any obstetrician to think about liver cancer in pregnant women, especially those with chronic hepatitis B. Ultrasound examination of the liver, or even better, the MRI, which is more efficient, in order to suspect early on a possible liver cancer. Indeed, early diagnosis and a thorough medical approach are essential for the treatment of HCC in pregnant patients