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Co-production of access and hybridisation of configurations: a socio-technical approach to urban electricity in Cotonou and Ibadan

International Journal of Urban Sustainable Development, 2022
The article examines the dynamics of access to electricity in two West African cities: Cotonou (Benin) and Ibadan (Nigeria). Due to poor supply from the grid, households are developing varied ways of accessing electricity, based on different socio ...
Melanie Rateau, Sylvy Jaglin
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Mechanism of metabolic resistance in Anopheles coluzzii to insecticides in two urban areas of southern Benin [PDF]

Malaria Journal
Background Malaria is a disease transmitted by the Anopheles gambiae complex, represented mainly in Benin by the sister species An. coluzzii and An. gambiae sensu stricto.
Isidore Hoyochi, Rock Aikpon, Arthur Sovi, Alphonse Keller Konkon, David Mahouton Zoungbédji, Casimir Dossou Kpanou, Roseric Azondekon, Albert Sourou Salako, Come Z. Koukpo, Edmond Sossoukpe, Lamine Baba-Moussa, Martin Codjo Akogbéto, Germain Gil Padonou   +12 more
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Diversity, Host Attachment Preferences and Role of Tick Rhipicephalus microplus in the Transmission of Bartonella spp. and Rickettsia spp. in Cattle From Southern Benin [PDF]

Veterinary Medicine and Science
Introduction Ticks, particularly Rhipicephalus microplus, are major blood‐sucking ectoparasites of livestock, causing considerable economic losses both through their direct pathogenic effects and their role as vectors of infectious agents.
Minassou Juvénal Ahouandjinou, Zul‐kifl Affolabi, Steve Zinsou Hougbe, Koffi Djigbodi Koumodji, Prudenciène A. Agboho, Zinsou Côme Koukpo, Arsène Jacques Fassinou, Saïd Chitou, Linda Towakinou, Filémon Tokponnon, Martin Akogbeto, Razaki A. Ossè   +11 more
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Spatial and temporal distribution of four malaria vector species and their relative contributions to Plasmodium falciparum transmission along the south–north transect of Benin, West Africa [PDF]

Tropical Medicine and Health
Background To help with planning malaria vector control in Benin, the National Malaria Control Program launched a study to update the distribution of major malaria vectors and their role in Plasmodium falciparum transmission. The study aimed to go beyond
Serge Akpodji, Clément Agbangla, Germain Gil Padonou, Zul-Kifl Affolabi, Zinsou Côme Koukpo, Constantin Adoha, Steve Zinsou Hougbe, André Sominahouin, Filémon Tokponnon, Razaki A. Osse, Olivier Oussou, Bruno Adjottin, Esdras Mahoutin Odjo, Boulais Yovogan, Roseric Azondékon, Albert Salako, Martin Akogbéto   +16 more
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Management of Stormwater Drainage Networks in Urban Areas: Contrasting Stakeholder Logics in the Municipality of Cotonou, Benin [PDF]

Uirtus, 2023
The problem of sanitation in an urban environment is classically based on the evacuation of waste and rainwater through a collection and transport network.
Vidjannagni Victorin Gbenou, O. Toussaint Lougbegnon   +1 more
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EU-Sub-Saharan Africa relations: The history of (un)equal partnership [PDF]

Međunarodni Problemi, 2023
The paper explores the exploitative nature of Africa – EU relations. The exploitative tendencies are present from the very beginning, in the Rome treaty itself, and are consistent through Yaounde, Lome, and Cotonou eras as well.
Danilo Babić
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Hyperuricemia and Associated Cardiometabolic Factors: A Cross-sectional Study on Taxi-motorbike Drivers Working in Cotonou, Benin [PDF]

Avicenna Journal of Medical Biochemistry, 2022
Background: An elevated level of uric acid (UA), also known as hyperuricemia (HUA), contributes to the occurrence of cardiovascular diseases (CVDs). However, epidemiolocal features of HUA in populations of Benin are rare.
Patrice Hodonou Avogbe, Ambaliou Sanni
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Distribution and Abundance of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) in Benin, West Africa

Tropical Medicine and Infectious Disease, 2023
Updated information on the distribution and abundance of Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus is crucial to prepare African countries, such as Benin, for possible arboviral disease outbreaks.
Germain Gil Padonou, Alphonse Keller Konkon, Albert Sourou Salako, David Mahouton Zoungbédji, Razaki Ossè, Arthur Sovi, Roseric Azondekon, Aboubakar Sidick, Juvénal Minassou Ahouandjinou, Constantin Jesukèdè Adoha, André Aimé Sominahouin, Filémon Tatchémè Tokponnon, Bruno Akinro, Haziz Sina, Lamine Baba-Moussa, Martin Codjo Akogbéto   +15 more
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Examining internal migration effects on short versus long interbirth intervals in Cotonou, Benin Republic

BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth, 2019
Background The literature on migration-fertility relationship uses various measures of fertility, such as fertility rates, actual fertility and family size preferences.
Boladé Hamed Banougnin
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Entomological Characteristics of Malaria Transmission across Benin: An Essential Element for Improved Deployment of Vector Control Interventions

Insects, 2023
Entomological surveillance in Benin has historically been limited to zones where indoor residual spraying was performed or where long-standing sentinel surveillance sites existed.
Tatchémè Filémon Tokponnon, Razaki Ossè, Germain Gil Padonou, Cyriaque Dossou Affoukou, Aboubakar Sidick, Wilfried Sewade, Arsène Fassinou, Côme Z. Koukpo, Bruno Akinro, Louisa A. Messenger, Mariam Okê, Alexis Tchévoédé, Aurore Ogouyemi-Hounto, Dorothée Kinde Gazard, Martin Akogbeto   +14 more
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