Publications (486)
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Violence against men in intimate partnerships in Dédougou, Burkina Faso: reported experiences, forms, and the culture of silence
Yacouba Tengueri
Domestic violence research has largely focused on women as victims, leaving male victimisation under-recognised. This study examines the prevalence, forms, and consequences of domestic violence against men in Dédougou, Burkina Faso.
A mixed-methods design combined a KoboToolbox survey of 598 men with a current or past intimate relationship(...)
Burkina Faso, domestic violence, intimate partner violence, male victimisation, masculinity
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De la pragmatique de la violence langagière à la violence de la langue dans Allah n’est pas obligé d’Ahmadou Kourouma
DAÏLA Béli Mathieu, SOUGUE Oboussa et NANEMA Michel
Cet article étudie, dans Allah n’est pas obligé d’Ahmadou Kourouma, la manière dont les choix lexicaux,
les actes de langage et l’hybridité franco-malinké construisent et banalisent la violence. Cet article
analyse les manifestations discursives de la violence dans Allah n’est pas obligé d’Ahmadou Kourouma,
en mobilisant la Pragmatique crit(...)
Discours, violence, linguistique, sémiotique, roman
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Effects of climate zone and land use on fruit biomass, morphology, and size-dependent fruiting of Diospyros mespiliformis in West Africa
Korotimi Ouédraogo · Kangbéni Dimobe ·Adjima Thiombiano
Wild fruit trees contribute substantially to food security, rural livelihoods, and climate adaptation across sub-Saharan Africa, yet most remain undomesticated and their fruit production is poorly quantified. Diospyros mespiliformis Hochst ex A.DC. is a key wild fruit tree in West African savannas, but quantitative information on its fruit bio(...)
Ebenaceae · Non-timber forestproducts · Agroforestry parklands · Fruit yield ·Domestication · Savanna ecosystems
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Prevalence and molecular characterization of ESBL-producing Enterobacterales in clinical samples from the Boucle du Mouhoun region in Burkina Faso.
Hiliassa Coulibaly , Dissinviel Stéphane Kpoda, Hervé Kafando, Oumar Traoré, Alix Bénédicte Kagambega, Alassane Halawen Mohamed, Robin Fréderic, Racha Beyrouthy, Dramane Ouédraogo, Oumarou Soro, Dominique Bayala, Nicolas Barro, Richard Bonnet and René Dembélé
Background Extended-spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL)-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae represent a major clinical and public health concern due to their ability to confer resistance to multiple classes of antibiotics. Data on the molecular epidemiology of ESBL-producing Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae remain limited(...)
Escherichia coli, Klebsiella pneumoniae, Antimicrobial resistance, ESBL-producing, Burkina Faso
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Qualité physico-chimique des eaux préemballées de la ville de Ouagadougou au Burkina Faso
Dissinviel Stéphane KPODA1,2*, Assiètta OUATTARA2, Oumar TRAORE3, Bernard OUEDRAOGO4, Stanislas Dimitri MEDA4, Toussaint ZONGO4, Adama Patrice SOUBEIGA4, Aïssata DIALLO1, Elie KABRE4, Sidiki Aboubakar OUATTARA2
Introduction : L’accès à une eau potable de qualité représente un défi majeur pour les villes africaines en raison d’une croissance démographique rapide. Cette étude visait à évaluer la conformité des eaux préemballées de Ouagadougou aux normes de qualité en vigueur au Burkina Faso.
Méthodes : Une étude transversale a été menée au sein de l’A(...)
Physico-chimie, Eau préemballée, Conformité, Norme, Qualité
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Coexistence of ctx-m, ges and imp genes in gramnegative bacilli and their multi resistance to betalactams at Saint Camille Hospital in Ouagadougou (HOSCO)
Pêgdwendé Rose Bonkoungou, Amana Mètuor Dabiré, Oumar Traoré, Rahimatou Yasmine Wendkuni Tiemtoré, Théodora Mahoukèdè Zohoncon andJacques Simporé
Extended-spectrum ß-lactamases (ESBLs) are bacterial plasmid or chromosomal enzymes capable of inactivating Penicillins, Cephalosporins, Aztreonam and inactive on Carbapenems. They are encoded by the beta-lactamase genes (bla genes) of the IMP family (Imipenemase), GES (Guyana Extended Spectrum), CTX-M (Cefotaximase – Munich). Bacterial resist(...)
BGN, ESBL, blaIMP, blaGES, blaCTX-M, HOSCO.
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When Insecurity Shatters Women's Economic Activity: Women's Petty Trade in Dédougou under the Strain of Terrorism (Burkina Faso)
Tengueri Yacouba
This study analyzes the impact of the security crisis linked to terrorism on women's small businesses in Dédougou, a town in the Boucle du Mouhoun region (Burkina Faso), which has become a centre for internally displaced people. A mixed approach combining a questionnaire administered to 130 traders and 40 semi-structured interviews with variou(...)
Petty trade, women, terrorism, inflation, Burkina Faso
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Traditional Uses and Big Data Approaches: A Semi-Systematic Review on the Refoundation of Tropical Ethnopharmacology and Pharmacognosy under WHO Frameworks.
Nabèrè Ouattara1*, Samson Guenne2, Alphonsine Ramdé-Tiendrébéogo3, Nâg-Tiéro Roland Meda4
Background: Ethnopharmacology plays a central role in the discovery and
validation of medicinal plants and their molecular compounds, particularly in
tropical regions where biodiversity and traditional knowledge are highly concentrated.
Aim: This semi-systematic review aims to examine how ethnopharmacology
and pharmacognosy are being resha(...)
Ethnopharmacology, Medicinal Plants, Traditional Knowledge, Pharmacognosy, WHO, Big Data
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Qualifying Users, Ranking Rights: Water-Access Conflicts in the Bama Plain, Burkina Faso
Yamba Siri, Souleymane Karambiri, Yacouba Tengueri
Introduction: This article examines how the institutional arrangements governing the Bama irrigated plain (Burkina Faso), against a backdrop of climate variability, produce differentiated categories of water users, rank their access rights, and fuel conflicts of legitimacy. Methods: The study draws on a qualitative, socio-anthropological resea(...)
Climate variability, Water governance, Conflicts of legitimacy, Social qualification, Burkina Faso
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La masculinisation d'un métier a tradition féminine à Dédougou : les Thérapeutes de couple, entre causes, pratiques et perceptions sociales
Yacouba Tengueri, Huguette Douô Tyenou, Ami Kanazoe, Bêbê Kambou
Résumé : Cet article a pour objectif de comprendre les causes, les pratiques et les perceptions sociales de la prostitution masculine dans la ville de Dédougou. Pour saisir ce phénomène social, nous avons adopté une approche purement qualitative. Des entretiens semi-directifs ont été conduits auprès de 74 informateurs (travailleurs et travaill(...)
prostitution masculine, désir féminin, travail du sexe, thérapeutes de couple, Burkina Faso
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Serotyping and antimicrobial drug resistance of Salmonella isolated from lettuce and human diarrhea samples in Burkina Faso
Somda Namwin Siourimè , Bonkoungou O J Isidore, Traoré Oumar, Bassolé Ismael Henri Nestor, Traoré Yves, Barro Nicolas and Savadogo Aly
Background: In Burkina Faso dirty water in particular those of the stoppings and the gutter ones are used for
vegetables irrigation in the gardens. The aim of this study was to determine the prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility
of Salmonella serotypes from humans and lettuce samples in Burkina Faso.
Materials and Methods: Salmonella str(...)
Salmonella serotypes, antimicrobial susceptibility, lettuce, human
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Prevalence of Multidrug-resistant Salmonella enterica and associated factors among under five children with diarrhea in rural Burkina Faso
Réné Dembélé, Ali Konaté, Issiaka Soulama, Assèta Kagambèga, Wendpoulomdé A.D. Kaboré, Haoua Cissé, Oumar Traoré, Alfred S. Traoré and Nicolas Barro
Salmonella enterica is one of the major enteric pathogen causing diarrhea among children under 5 years worldwide. In rural settings
of Burkina Faso where this infection is strongly associated with the consumption of contaminated food and water, the antimicrobial
resistant patterns of Salmonella circulating in these areas are currently not we(...)
Salmonella; Diarrhea; Children; Antimicrobial resistance
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Resistance of Klebsiella Sp to Ceftazidime Associated with the Production of β-lactamase Enzymes at the Saint Camille Hospital in Ouagadougou (Hosco)
Pegdwende Rose Bonkoungou, Sidnooma Veronique Zongo, Damis Patrik Bouniounou, Amana Metuor Dabire, Mahoukede Theodora Zohoncon
Enterobacteriaceae resistant to β-lactam include Escherichia coli and Klebsiella sp. Multiresistance to antibiotics in Enterobacteriaceae and in particular in Klebsiella sp is constantly evolving. Klebsiella is characterized by natural resistance to aminos and carboxypenicillins. Ceftazidime is a 3rd generation cephalosporin active on Gram-neg(...)
Gram Negative Bacteria, Extended-Spectrum Β-Lactamases, Imp-Type Metallo-Β-Lactamase Gene, Guiana Extended-Spectrum Β-Lactamase, CtX-M-Type Extended Spectrum Β-Lactamase Gene, Saint Camille Hospital in Ouagadougou
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FROM THE MASSAGE PARLOUR TO THE ‘PLAN BIZI’: THE NEW FACES OF FEMALE PROSTITUTION IN OUAGADOUGOU IN THE DIGITAL AGE (BURKINA FASO)
Tengueri Yacouba, Kinda T Joseph, Ouattara Bakary
Context: Social media, particularly virtual platforms such as Facebook,
WhatsApp and Telegram, have become, through new information and
communication technologies, the foremost sites to which all manner of
commercial activities have relocated. By reducing the world to a simple
global village, these digital platforms enable their commer(...)
Sex work; Digital platforms; Massage parlours; Social media; Burkina Faso.
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Phytochemistry and Neuroprotective Potential of Bombax costatum Pellegr. and Vuillet: Bridging Traditional West African Medicine and Modern Neuropsychopharmacology
Arthur Armand Arnaud Daboné *¹, Samson Guénné ¹,², Modésté Traoré ¹, Ghislain T. Kobéndé ², Nabéré Ouattara 1,3, Moussa Compaoré ¹, Adama Hilou ¹, Martin Kiéndrébé ogo ¹
Background: Néuropsychiatric disordérs, including épilépsy, anxiéty, and dépréssion, réprésént a major public héalth burdén in Wést Africa, whéré traditional médiciné rémains thé primary thérapéutic option for many patiénts. Bombax costatum Péllégr. & Vuillét (Malvacéaé), commonly known as thé réd kapok or falsé kapok tréé, is widély uséd in t(...)
Bombax costatum, néuroprotéction, épilépsy, anxiéty, dépréssion, épicatéchin, lupéol, traditional African médiciné, oxidativé stréss, GABAérgic