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Territoire et santé au Sénégal: approche diachronique des relations santé et territoires à travers les réformes administratives
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Cette contribution propose une lecture sur la relation entre la santé (offre et recours aux soins) et le territoire (organisé et construit) sous l’impulsion des politiques publiques au Sénégal. Nous analysons ainsi la longue marche de ce lien à travers lesmouvements de décentralisation et de déc...

Determinants of diarrhoeal disease in children living in low-income households in a periurban community in Cape Town, South Africa

S. Afr. j. child health; 16 (3), 2022
Background. Water, sanitation and hygiene are critically important in reducing morbidity and mortality from childhood diarrhoeal disease and malnutrition in low-income settings.Objectives. To assess the association of diarrhoeal disease with factors relating to domestic hygiene, the environment, sociod...

Water quality and hygiene behavior in Burkina Faso: The impact of locally produced sodium hypochlorite solution in schools

Health sci. dis; 23 (8), 2022
Introduction.Sodium hypochlorite is a crucial element in the water treatment process. We aimed to verify if schools that lack adequate access to water and don’t provide hygiene education courses would improve water quality after an intervention program. Methods.Twenty schools from the rural a...

Afecção Pulmonar pelo Vírus SARS-CoV-2: Clínica e Diagnóstico

O pulmão é o órgão que diariamente está exposto e é agredido por diferentes infecções e poluentes do meio ambiente e do local de trabalho. O coronavírus SARS-CoV-2 é o agressor mais recente que chega ao pulmão através das células respiratórias das vias aéreas superiores e com enorme capaci...

Monitoring the durability of the long-lasting insecticidal nets magnet and royal sentry in three ecological zones of mozambique

Malar. j. (Online); 19 (209), 2020
Malaria prevention with long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) has seen a tremendous scale-up in sub-Saharan Africa in the last decade. To sustain this success, it is important to understand how long LLINs remain in the households and continue to protect net users, which is termed durability. This inform...