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Feasibility and acceptability of injectable artesunate for the treatment of severe malaria in the Democratic Republic of Congo [PDF]

, 2016
The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) changed its national policy for the treatment of severe malaria in both children and adults in 2012 from intravenous quinine to injectable artesunate.
Lengeler, Christian, Henry M. T. Ntuku, Tshefu, Antoinette K., Christian Lengeler, Ntuku Et Al. Malar J, Christian Burri, Antoinette K. Tshefu, Kalemwa, Didier M., Henry M. T. Ntuku, Gianfrancesco Ferrari, Burri, Christian, Didier M. Kalemwa, Ferrari, Gianfrancesco, Ntuku, Henry M. T.   +13 more
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Description of the targeted water supply and hygiene response strategy implemented during the cholera outbreak of 2017–2018 in Kinshasa, DRC

, 2020
International audienceBackgroundRapid control of cholera outbreaks is a significant challenge in overpopulated urban areas. During late-2017, Kinshasa, the capital of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, experienced a cholera outbreak that showed ...
Moore, Sandra, Impouma, Benido, Mboussou, Franck, Taty, Nadège, Sudre, Bertrand, Vandevelde, Thierry, Balde, Thierno, Bompangue, Didier, Manda, Richard   +8 more
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Frequence de l´hyperlipasemie au cours des fractures osseuses chez les patients suivis a l´Hopital General Militaire de Reference Kokolo

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020
INTRODUCTION: Décrire le profil des lipases sériques chez les patients présentant une fracture osseuse et en rechercher les facteurs associés. METHODS.il s´agit d´une étude transversale réalisée de Juillet à Octobre 2013 à l´Hôpital Général Militaire de ...
Mamy Mbelu, Donatien Kayembe, Luc Mokassa, Jean-Jacques Malemba   +3 more
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Déterminants de la non-observance au traitement antirétroviral chez l´adulte à Kinshasa

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2020
INTRODUCTION: L'objectif de cette étude était d'identifier les déterminants de non-observance des PVVIH au TAR (traitement antirétroviral) à Kinshasa.
Ben Bepouka Izizag, Hippolyte Situakibanza, Florian Kiazayawoko, Aliocha Nkodila, Eric Mafuta, Philippe Lukanu, Henry Mukumbi, Murielle Longokolo, Madone Mandina, Nadine Mayasi, Amede Kinuka, Evelyne Amaela, Willy Kazadi, Marcel Mbula   +13 more
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L’alcoolisme dans une société à culture permissive : Kinshasa, a ce couteau sous la gorge [PDF]

Mouvements et Enjeux Sociaux, 2022
L’alcool existe et s’est socialisé depuis des temps immémoriaux ailleurs comme à Kinshasa. Son accès est d’ailleurs consacré par la législation congolaise, mais assorti d’une série de conditionnalités à observer.
Sylvain SHOMBA KINYAMBA
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Environmental and Behavioral Factors Associated with Childhood Diarrhea in the Rural Health Zone of Maluku I, Kinshasa, DR Congo

Pan-African Journal of Health and Environmental Science
Background: Diarrhea accounts for nearly one in five child deaths, with approximately 1.5 million annual fatalities, mainly in peri-urban and rural settings with poor living conditions.
Bismarck Wembolua, Ngweme Ngakiama Beni Georgette, James Bantapi Bilumbu, Mupila Lotus Vainqueur, Kitani Badila Christine, Kambale Makombani Corneille   +5 more
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Chiefs in Kinshasa: Customary Chiefs and Their Role in Urban Governance in Kinshasa, DRC

Afrika Focus
Abstract This article discusses the role of customary chiefs in urban governance, focusing on Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). On the one hand, the article shows how chiefs have, to a large degree, retreated from the urban centre through the sale of most of their land – a move which has severely reduced their power and ...
Kristof Titeca, Jacques Mukena, Albert Malukisa Nkuku   +2 more
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Changing Patterns of Solidarity in Kinshasa

Cadernos de Estudos Africanos, 2002
Ethnic based solidarity systems facilitated the integration of rural migrants into the intricacies of «modem» urban life throughout much of Africa. Now that these cities have become increasingly ungoverned and ungovernable, new forms of solidarity systems have emerged.
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Are Any Changes in Carotid Intima–Media Thickness Associated with Cardiometabolic Risk Among Adult Bantu Central African Hypertensive Patients from Monkole and Biamba Marie Mutombo Hospitals?

Vascular Health and Risk Management, 2022
Stéphane Yanda Tongo,1 Benjamin Longo-Mbenza,2,3 Antoine Molua Aundu,1 Raoul Gombet,4 Jean Robert Makulo Risasi,5 Christian Kisoka Lusunsi,3 Héritier Mawalala Malengele,1 Augustin Nge Okwe3 1Radiology Service, Cliniques Universitaires de Kinshasa ...
Yanda Tongo S, Longo-Mbenza B, Molua Aundu A, Gombet R, Makulo Risasi JR, Kisoka Lusunsi C, Mawalala Malengele H, Nge Okwe A   +7 more
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Double Burden of Malnutrition and Validity of Overweight/Obesity Indicators Among Students in the Democratic Republic of Congo: A Cross Sectional Study From the University of Kinshasa

Diabetes, Metabolic Syndrome and Obesity
Jean-Robert Makulo,1 Trésor Tshiswaka Mutombo,2 Ramsès Kamitalu Kabongo,3 Audace Kilolo Tunda,4 Ernest Kiswaya Sumaili,1 Christian Kisoka Lusunsi,2 Beni Beni Kasangwala,3 Christian Mulundu Lakwon,3 Benit Boluta,3 Guvanie Lubamba Mubiala,3 Tatiana Niangi ...
Makulo JR, Tshiswaka Mutombo T, Kamitalu Kabongo R, Tunda AK, Sumaili EK, Kisoka Lusunsi C, Beni Kasangwala B, Mulundu Lakwon C, Boluta B, Lubamba Mubiala G, Niangi Mawana T, Mbau Modju Jnr D, Betela CK, Mbala Kintoki F, Kasiam Lasi On'Kin JB, Bayauli Mwasa P, Ekolo Adiaka J, Lokangaka Odiko C, Mangani Nseka N, Ntumba Kayembe JM   +19 more
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