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Prevalence and predictors of overweight and obesity among Cameroonian women in a national survey and relationships with waist circumference and inflammation in Yaoundé and Douala. [PDF]

, 2018
Information on the distribution and predictors of obesity in Africa is needed to identify populations at risk and explore intervention options. Our objectives were to (a) examine the prevalence and geographic distribution of overweight and obesity among ...
Brown, Kenneth H, Engle-Stone, Reina, Friedman, Avital, Kaiser, Lucia, Nankap, Martin, Ndjebayi, Alex O, Tarini, Ann   +6 more
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Urban wild meat and pangolin consumption across southern forested Cameroon: The limited influence of COVID‐19

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Overexploitation of wildlife is pervasive in many tropical regions, and in addition to being a significant conservation and sustainability concern, it has received global attention given discussions over the origins of zoonotic disease outbreaks.
Franklin T. Simo, Ghislain F. Difouo, Christian N. Tchana, Alain Christel Wandji, Alfiery Laurel Djomnang‐Nkwala, Marcelle Mbadjoun Nziké, Sévilor Kekeunou, Markéta Swiacká, Daniel J. Ingram   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Contribution des avortements et des grossesses extra-utérines dans la mortalité maternelle dans trois hôpitaux universitaires de Yaoundé

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2017
INTRODUCTION: L'organisation mondiale de santé (OMS) estime que chaque année dans le monde 585 000 femmes meurent de complications liés à la grossesse, à l'accouchement, aux suites de couche et à l'avortement (ce dernier contribuant pour 13% des décès ...
Danielle Victoire Kamga Tiako, Philip Njotang Nana, Florent Ymele Fouelifack, Jeanne Hortence Fouedjio   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Horticulture, livelihoods and pesticides in Africa : Evidence from south-West Cameroun [PDF]

, 2008
This paper documents change in agro-chemical input use in horticulture using repeat surveys in 1995 and 2004 of about 300 households around Muea, Cameroon.
Nkeng, Michel Ndoumbé, Parrot, Laurent, Poubom, Christine, Tatong Dongmo, Clovis   +3 more
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The importance of wild meat and freshwater fish for children's nutritional intake in the Congo Basin

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Wild meat and freshwater fish are widely consumed in the Congo Basin, but in some areas, they are at risk of disappearing due to unsustainable hunting and fishing and changes in their habitat. Wild meat is also at risk of being eliminated from local diets due to potential policy changes such as wild meat bans.
Amy Ickowitz, Muhammad Faisal Pratama, Mahdiyatur Rahmah, Caleb Yengo Tata, Erasmus Nchuaji Tang, Judith Laure Ngondi, Victor Buhendwa Mirindi   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Etude histopathologique des adénopathies cervicales à Yaoundé, Cameroun

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2014
INTRODUCTION: les adénopathies cervicales ont été très peu étudiées au Cameroun. METHODES: pour améliorer leur connaissance nous avons mené une étude rétrospective et descriptive dans les cinq principaux laboratoires de la capitale du pays en vue d'en ...
Zacharie Sando, Florent Ymele Fouelifack, Jovanny Tsuala Fouogue, Jeanne Hortence Fouedjio, Yvette Sandrine Ngo Ndeby, Francois Djomou, Amadou Fewou, Jean-Louis Essame Oyono   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Less effect of wells physicochemical properties on the antimicrobial susceptibility Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated in equatorial region of Central Africa

Applied Water Science, 2019
This study aimed at assessing the impact of some wells abiotic factors on the antimicrobial susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated. A total of 14 well waters of Douala and Yaoundé towns (Cameroon, Central Africa) were chosen.
Jean Samuel Eheth, Chrétien Lontsi Djimeli, Paul Alain Nana, Antoine Tamsa Arfao, Olive Vivien Noah Ewoti, Luciane Marlyse Moungang, Geneviève Bricheux, Télesphore Sime-Ngando, Moïse Nola   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

Long‐term impact of exposure to Royal Guard, a pyriproxyfen‐based bed net, on pyrethroid‐resistant malaria vectors from Cameroon using DNA‐based metabolic resistance markers

Pest Management Science, Volume 81, Issue 4, Page 2165-2180, April 2025.
We used recently detected P450 DNA‐based markers of pyrethroid resistance in both Anopheles funestus and Anopheles gambiae to demonstrate that although pyrethroid‐resistant mosquitoes have higher ability to survive and live longer after exposure to Royal Guard, this net significantly affects their lifespan, blood feeding ability and interestingly ...
Emilie S Ngongang‐Yipmo, Magellan Tchouakui, Benjamin D Menze, Riccado F Tiomela, Derrick Fofie, Vanessa B Ngannang‐Fezeu, Jean L Mugenzi, Flobert Njiokou, Charles S Wondji   +8 more
wiley   +1 more source

Association entre le paludisme et le faible poids de naissance à Yaoundé, Cameroun

The Pan African Medical Journal, 2019
INTRODUCTION : le faible poids de naissance (FPN) est un important prédicteur de survie de l’enfant et de son développement ultérieur. De par sa physiopathologie, le paludisme est présumé en être un des facteurs de risques.
Maurice Ebode Ela, Samuel Nambile Cumber, Rama Djouedjon Dakenyo, Dorine Djuissi Tekam, Patrick Charles Biyong Heumou, Giresse Lowe Marvin, Jerome Ateudjieu, Eva Fomo Tsakoue   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Assessing Asymptomatic Malaria Carriage of Plasmodium falciparum and Non-falciparum Species in Children Resident in Nkolbisson, Yaoundé, Cameroon

Children, 2021
Malaria is still a threat to public health as it remains the first endemic disease in the world. It is a pervasive parasitic disease in tropical and subtropical regions where asymptomatic malaria infection among humans serves as a significant reservoir ...
Nji Mbuh Akindeh, Lesley Ngum Ngum, Peter Thelma Ngwa Niba, Innocent Mbulli Ali, Ornella Laetitia Oben Ayem, Jean Paul Kengne Chedjou, Calvino Tah Fomboh, Aristid Herve Mbange Ekollo, Cyrille Mbanwi Mbu’u, Wilfred Fon Mbacham   +9 more
doaj   +1 more source