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Is there a suburban sleeping sickness in Libreville?

African Health Sciences, 2013
The transmission of sleeping sickness occurs primarily in rural areas, and exposed populations are those living from rural activities such as agriculture, fishing, animal husbandry or hunting. However, urban and suburban foci are more and more reported in T. b. gambiense areas. In Libreville town, sleeping sickness cases are regularly diagnosed.
Kohagne, T L, Mavoungou, J F, Hendji, G C Fako, Pamba, R, Mbatchi, B   +4 more
openaire   +4 more sources

Evidence of decline of malaria in the general hospital of Libreville, Gabon from 2000 to 2008.

, 2009
BACKGROUND: Substantial decline in malaria transmission, morbidity and mortality has been reported in several countries where new malaria control strategies have been implemented.
Pemba-Mihindou, M, Kombila Maryvonne, Kendjo, E, Mabika-Mamfoumbi Modeste, Dzeing-Ella Arnaud, Eric Kendjo, Kendjo Eric, Efame-Eya Emmanuel, MCRU team, Planche Tim, Arnaud Dzeing-Ella, Mireille Pemba-Mihindou, Marielle Bouyou-Akotet, Mawili-Mboumba, DP, Emmanuel Efame-Eya, Planche, T, Pemba-Mihindou Mireille, Maryvonne Kombila, Efame-Eya, E, Denise Mawili-Mboumba, Euloge Ibinga, Bouyou-Akotet, MK, Bouyou-Akotet Marielle, Ibinga Euloge, Peter G Kremsner, Kombila, M, Ibinga, E, Kremsner, PG, Mabika-Mamfoumbi, M, Modeste Mabika-Mamfoumbi, Kremsner Peter G, Mawili-Mboumba Denise, Tim Planche, null null, Dzeing-Ella, A, Ngoungou Edgard, Ngoungou, EB, Edgard Ngoungou   +37 more
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Analysis of the Factors Associated With ED in Type 2 Diabetics at the University Hospital of Libreville

Sexual Medicine, 2022
Introduction: Erectile dysfunction (ED) is very common in diabetic males, especially type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM). Many factors and complications of diabetes such as macro- and micro-angiopathy are associated with risks leading to ED in male patients.
Steevy Ndang Ngou Milama, MD, Adrien Mougougou, MD, Smith Giscard Olagui, MD, Dimitri Mbethe, MD, Daniella Nsame, MD, Herman Gael Boundama, MD, Brice Edgard Ngoungou, MSs, PhD   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Endometriosis Among Surgical Specimens in Gabon: A 35-Year Retrospective Study

Women's Health Reports
Background: Endometriosis is a chronic inflammatory gynecological disease affecting many women worldwide. In Gabon, data on this disease has never been published. Created in 1978, the laboratory of the Department of Pathological Anatomy at the University
Irène Pegha-Moukandja, Sydney Maghendji-Nzondo, Jean Engohang-Ndong, Sidonie Nguindzi-Ogoula, Euloge Ibinga, Gabrielle Atsame-Ebang, Géremy Abdoul Koumbadinga, Ophilia Makoyo, Ludjer Mpiga-Ekambo, Jean Bernard Lekana-Douki, Edgard Brice Ngoungou   +10 more
doaj   +1 more source

Anaemia and severe malarial anaemia burden in febrile Gabonese children: a nine-year health facility based survey

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries, 2013
Introduction: Anaemia remains a major cause of poor health in children and pregnant women living in sub-Saharan Africa. Malaria is one of the main causes of anaemia in endemic countries.
Marielle Karine Bouyou-Akotet, Denise Patricia Mawili Mboumba, Eric Kendjo, Fanckie Mbadinga, Nestor Obiang-Bekale, Pacome Mouidi, Maryvonne Kombila   +6 more
doaj   +1 more source

Profiles of microorganisms isolated from neonates’ blood cultures, incubators, cradles, ventilators, washbasins, and health-workers of Libreville University Hospital Neonatal Service: focus on infection prevention and control measures

Journal of Public Health in Africa, 2021
Background: Nosocomial infection outbreaks in neonatal services are a serious healthcare concern in both developed and developing countries, but few studies have been conducted in sub-Saharan Africa.
Eliane K. Kamgaing, Jean-Charles Ndong, Léonard K. Rerambiah, Joel F.D. Siawaya   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

The impact of COVID‐19 on public perceptions of wild meat in Central Africa

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild meat is a significant source of food and income generation in Central Africa. However, there is little knowledge of how the assumed link between COVID‐19 and wild meat consumption has been discussed by the media and received by the public. In this study, we conducted media content analysis of 264 articles published in 2019–2020 related to
Yuhan Li, Lude Kinzonzi, Paul Loundou, Divin Malekani, Krossy Mavakala, Christian Mikolo Yobo, Katharine Abernethy, Matilda Eve Dunn, Donald Midoko Iponga, Robert Mwinyihali, Joss Wright, Eleanor Jane Milner‐Gulland, Lauren Coad, Juliet H. Wright, Daniel W. S. Challender   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

The dynamics of wild and alternative meat consumption across Gabon, Central Africa

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Long‐term overharvesting of wild animals for their meat threatens wildlife and the people dependent on wild animal meat for their diets and incomes. Interventions to reduce wild meat consumption must be built upon a complete understanding of the roles of wild meat and its alternatives within food systems.
Joshua Bauld, Lauren Coad, Robin C. Whytock, Donald Midoko Iponga, Margeorie Babicka, Sophie Pambo, Paul Loundou, Daniel J. Ingram, Kathryn Jeffery, Mattia Bessone, David S. Wilkie, Malcolm Starkey, Steeve Ngama, Daniel Cornelis, Katharine A. Abernethy   +14 more
wiley   +1 more source

La Tuberculose en Milieu Carcéral à Libreville : Épidémiologie et Devenir des Détenus sous Traitement Antituberculeux

Health Research in Africa
RÉSUMÉ Introduction. Cadre : prison centrale de Libreville. Objectif : apprécier les particularités épidémiologiques de la tuberculose et secondairement déterminer l’impact de l’infection VIH sur la tuberculose chez les détenus. Méthode.
Ulrich Davy Kombila, Charlène Manomba Boulingui, Linda Danielle Ibinga, Ulrich Tanguy Oyabigui, Nicole Bivigou Idyatha5, Chelma Lucrèce Osth Nguia Nkilikissa, Price Lheonnore Andjuma Mindze, Jessica Bouanga Makaya5, Séphora Tsioukaka, Jean Bruno Boguikouma   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source

Yoruba Histories of Marriage and Belonging: Gender, Power and Innovation in Eighteenth‐Century West Africa

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article argues that marriage was central to historical change in the Yoruba‐speaking region of West Africa during the eighteenth century. It draws on ìtàn, a distinct oral source, to show that conjugality shaped Yoruba processes of urbanisation and political centralisation, gendered divisions of labour and social innovation and creativity.
Insa Nolte
wiley   +1 more source