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2. Impact of malaria diagnostic choice on monitoring of Plasmodium falciparum prevalence estimates in the Democratic Republic of the Congo and relevance to control programs in high-burden countries
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Diallo, Alpha Oumar, primary, Banek, Kristin, additional, Kashamuka, Melchior Mwandagalirwa, additional, Bala, Joseph Alexandre Mavungu, additional, Nkalani, Marthe, additional, Kihuma, Georges, additional, Nseka, Tommy Mambulu, additional, Atibu, Joseph Losoma, additional, Mahilu, Georges Emo, additional, McCormick, Lauren, additional, White, Samuel J., additional, Sendor, Rachel, additional, Sinai, Cyrus, additional, Keeler, Corinna, additional, Herman, Camelia, additional, Emch, Michael, additional, Sompwe, Eric, additional, Thwai, Kyaw Lay, additional, Dinglasan, Rhoel R., additional, Rogier, Eric, additional, Juliano, Jonathan J., additional, Tshefu, Antoinette Kitoto, additional, and Parr, Jonathan B., additional
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- 2023
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3. Extent of induced abortions and occurrence of complications in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Ishoso, Daniel Katuashi, Tshefu, Antoinette Kitoto, Delvaux, Thérèse, and Coppieters, Yves
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4. African isolates show a high proportion of multiple copies of the Plasmodium falciparum plasmepsin-2 gene, a piperaquine resistance marker
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Leroy, Didier, Macintyre, Fiona, Adoke, Yeka, Ouoba, Serge, Barry, Aissata, Mombo-Ngoma, Ghyslain, Ndong Ngomo, Jacques Mari, Varo, Rosauro, Dossou, Yannelle, Tshefu, Antoinette Kitoto, Duong, Tran Thanh, Phuc, Bui Quang, Laurijssens, Bart, Klopper, Roland, Khim, Nimol, Legrand, Eric, and Ménard, Didier
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- 2019
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5. Analysis of induced abortion-related complications in women admitted to the Kinshasa reference general hospital: a tertiary health facility, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Katuashi, Daniel Ishoso, Tshefu, Antoinette Kitoto, and Coppieters, Yves
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- 2018
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6. Simplified antibiotic regimens for young infants with possible serious bacterial infection when the referral is not feasible in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Lokangaka, Adrien, Ishoso, Daniel Katuashi, Tshefu, Antoinette Kitoto, Kalonji, Michel, Takoy, Paulin, Kokolomami, Jack, Otomba, John, Aboubaker, Samira, Qazi, Shamim Ahmad, Nisar, Yasir Bin, Bahl, Rajiv, Bose, Carl, Coppieters, Yves, Lokangaka, Adrien, Ishoso, Daniel Katuashi, Tshefu, Antoinette Kitoto, Kalonji, Michel, Takoy, Paulin, Kokolomami, Jack, Otomba, John, Aboubaker, Samira, Qazi, Shamim Ahmad, Nisar, Yasir Bin, Bahl, Rajiv, Bose, Carl, and Coppieters, Yves
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Introduction Neonates with serious bacterial infections should be treated with injectable antibiotics after hospitalization, which may not be feasible in many low resource settings. In 2015, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched a guideline for the management of young infants (0- 59 days old) with possible serious bacterial infection (PSBI) when referral for hospital treatment is not feasible. We evaluated the feasibility of the WHO guideline implementation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) to achieve high coverage of PSBI treatment. Methods From April 2016 to March 2017, in a longitudinal, descriptive, mixed methods implementation research study, we implemented WHO PSBI guideline for sick young infants (0-59 dyas of age) in the public health programme setting in five health areas of North and South Ubangi Provinces with an overall population of about 60,000. We conducted policy dialogue with national and sub-national level government planners, decision-makers, academics and other stakeholders. We established a Technical Support Unit to provide implementation support. We built the capacity of health workers and managers and ensured the availability of necessary medicines and commodities. We followed infants with PSBI signs up to 14 days. The research team systematically collected data on adherence to treatment and outcomes. Results We identified 3050 live births and 285 (9.3%) young infants with signs of PSBI in the study area, of whom 256 were treated. Published data have reported 10% PSBI incidence rate in young infants. Therefore, the estimated coverage of treatment was 83.9% (256/305). Another 426 from outside the study catchment area were also identified with PSBI signs by the nurses of a health centre within the study area. Thus, a total of 711 young infants with PSBI were identified, 285 (40%) 7-59 days old infants had fast breathing (pneumonia), 141 (20%) 0-6 days old had fast breathing (severe pneumonia), 233 (33%) had signs of clinical s, SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published
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7. Avortements provoqués en RDC :Analyse des complications et des effets des soins après avortement dans les Hôpitaux de référence de Kinshasa
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Coppieters, Yves, Tshefu, Antoinette Kitoto, Kirakoya, Fati, Delvaux, Thérèse, Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle, Laga, Marie, Chenge, Faustin, Alexander, Sophie, Ishoso Katuashi, Daniel, Coppieters, Yves, Tshefu, Antoinette Kitoto, Kirakoya, Fati, Delvaux, Thérèse, Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle, Laga, Marie, Chenge, Faustin, Alexander, Sophie, and Ishoso Katuashi, Daniel
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RésuméContexte :Les avortements provoqués sont un problème de santé publique, et cela de par leur fréquence, la survenue de complication, et la mortalité et morbidité qui en découlent. Les décès peuvent ainsi représenter jusqu’à 18% de décès maternels. Très peu des données y relatives sont disponibles pour la RDC, alors que ce pays montre une mortalité maternelle très élevée avec un ratio qui est passé de 546 à 1188 décès maternels pour 100.000 naissances vivantes de 2007 à 2016 malgré l’amélioration de l’accessibilité et de l’utilisation des services de santé maternelle de 2001 à 2014. Objectif :Analyser les complications des avortements provoqués et les effets de l’intégration de la stratégie standard des soins après avortement dans les structures sanitaires de référence de la ville de Kinshasa, capitale de la RDC.Méthodes :L'analyse des complications des avortements provoqués incluait trois études transversales. La première étude a déterminé la prévalence des avortements provoqués et les complications y relatives. La deuxième et la troisième ont analysé les cas de complications des avortements provoqués admis dans les structures sanitaires de référence de Kinshasa du niveau secondaire et tertiaire successivement. Ensuite, l’analyse des effets de l’intégration de la stratégie standard des soins après avortement dans les structures sanitaires de référence de la ville de Kinshasa incluait une étude quasi expérimentale avec un design avant-après-comparatif. En outre, une étude qualitative avait été menée afin de contribuer à produire un modèle des soins après avortement adapté à la ville de Kinshasa.Résultats :Il ressort de nos études que le taux des avortements provoqués en 2015 était de 55 pour 1000 femmes en âge de procréer à Kinshasa, capitale de la RDC, et que la pratique de ces avortements était significativement plus souvent observée chez les femmes célibataires, séparées, ou divorcées, chez celles n’ayant pas étudié ou n’ayant fait que l’école primaire, et ch, Doctorat en Sciences de la santé Publique, info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished
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8. Extent of induced abortions and occurrence of complications in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Ishoso Katuashi, Daniel, Tshefu, Antoinette Kitoto, Delvaux, Thérèse, Coppieters, Yves, Ishoso Katuashi, Daniel, Tshefu, Antoinette Kitoto, Delvaux, Thérèse, and Coppieters, Yves
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Due to a lack of relevant data on induced abortions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) as well as the persistence of maternal deaths in the country, this study aims to analyse the extent of induced abortions and occurrence of complications in Kinshasa., SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published
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9. Analysis of induced abortion-related complications in women admitted to referral health facilities in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo
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Ishoso, Daniel Katuashi, primary, Tshefu, Antoinette Kitoto, additional, and Coppieters, Yves, additional
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10. Analysis of induced abortion-related complications in women admitted to referral health facilities in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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Ishoso Katuashi, Daniel, Tshefu, Antoinette Kitoto, Coppieters, Yves, Ishoso Katuashi, Daniel, Tshefu, Antoinette Kitoto, and Coppieters, Yves
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Due to a lack of relevant data on induced abortions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), as well as the persistence of maternal deaths in the country, this study aims to analyze the extent and characteristics of induced abortion-related complications in women who were admitted to referral health facilities in Kinshasa, including the duration of hospitalization, the mortality rate due to induced abortion complications and their characteristics, and the deaths that occurred after two days of hospitalization., SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published
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11. Ensuring Quality in AFRINEST and SATT
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Wall, Stephen N., Mazzeo, Corinne I., Adejuyigbe, Ebunoluwa A., Ayede, Adejumoke I., Bahl, Rajiv, Baqui, Abdullah H., Blackwelder, William C., Brandes, Neal, Darmstadt, Gary L., Esamai, Fabian, Hibberd, Patricia L., Jacobs, Marian, Klein, Jerome O., Mwinga, Kasonde, Rollins, Nigel Campbell, Saloojee, Haroon, Tshefu, Antoinette Kitoto, Wammanda, Robinson D., Zaidi, Anita K. M., and Qazi, Shamim Ahmad
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Community Health Workers ,Quality Control ,Bangladesh ,Biomedical Research ,Infant, Newborn ,quality assurance ,community-based research ,Infant, Newborn, Diseases ,Anti-Bacterial Agents ,Checklist ,Epidemiologic Research Design ,Sepsis ,trial monitoring ,Humans ,Pakistan ,Community Health Services ,Africa South of the Sahara ,Supplement ,Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic - Abstract
Background: Three randomized open-label clinical trials [Simplified Antibiotic Therapy Trial (SATT) Bangladesh, SATT Pakistan and African Neonatal Sepsis Trial (AFRINEST)] were developed to test the equivalence of simplified antibiotic regimens compared with the standard regimen of 7 days of parenteral antibiotics. These trials were originally conceived and designed separately; subsequently, significant efforts were made to develop and implement a common protocol and approach. Previous articles in this supplement briefly describe the specific quality control methods used in the individual trials; this article presents additional information about the systematic approaches used to minimize threats to validity and ensure quality across the trials. Methods: A critical component of quality control for AFRINEST and SATT was striving to eliminate variation in clinical assessments and decisions regarding eligibility, enrollment and treatment outcomes. Ensuring appropriate and consistent clinical judgment was accomplished through standardized approaches applied across the trials, including training, assessment of clinical skills and refresher training. Standardized monitoring procedures were also applied across the trials, including routine (day-to-day) internal monitoring of performance and adherence to protocols, systematic external monitoring by funding agencies and external monitoring by experienced, independent trial monitors. A group of independent experts (Technical Steering Committee/Technical Advisory Group) provided regular monitoring and technical oversight for the trials. Conclusions: Harmonization of AFRINEST and SATT have helped to ensure consistency and quality of implementation, both internally and across the trials as a whole, thereby minimizing potential threats to the validity of the trials’ results.
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12. Long-lasting insecticidal net (LLIN) ownership, use and cost of implementation after a mass distribution campaign in Kasaï Occidental Province, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Ntuku, Henry Maggi, primary, Ruckstuhl, Laura, additional, Julo-Réminiac, Jean-Emmanuel, additional, Umesumbu, Solange E., additional, Bokota, Alain, additional, Tshefu, Antoinette Kitoto, additional, and Lengeler, Christian, additional
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13. A randomised, double-blind clinical phase II trial of the efficacy, safety, tolerability and pharmacokinetics of a single dose combination treatment with artefenomel and piperaquine in adults and children with uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria.
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Macintyre, Fiona, Adoke, Yeka, Tiono, Alfred B., Duong, Tran Thanh, Mombo-Ngoma, Ghyslain, Bouyou-Akotet, Marielle, Tinto, Halidou, Bassat, Quique, Issifou, Saadou, Adamy, Marc, Demarest, Helen, Duparc, Stephan, Leroy, Didier, Laurijssens, Bart E., Biguenet, Sophie, Kibuuka, Afizi, Tshefu, Antoinette Kitoto, Smith, Melnick, Foster, Chanelle, and Leipoldt, Illse
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PHARMACOKINETICS ,PLASMODIUM falciparum ,MALARIA ,CHILDREN'S health ,ANTIMALARIALS ,DRUG efficacy ,DRUG therapy for malaria ,ASIANS ,COMBINATION drug therapy ,COMPARATIVE studies ,DOSE-effect relationship in pharmacology ,RESEARCH methodology ,MEDICAL cooperation ,PROTOZOA ,QUINOLINE ,RESEARCH ,RESEARCH funding ,EVALUATION research ,RANDOMIZED controlled trials ,TREATMENT effectiveness ,BLIND experiment ,THERAPEUTICS - Abstract
Background: The clinical development of a single encounter treatment for uncomplicated malaria has the potential to significantly improve the effectiveness of antimalarials. Exploratory data suggested that the combination of artefenomel and piperaquine phosphate (PQP) has the potential to achieve satisfactory cure rates as a single dose therapy. The primary objective of the study was to determine whether a single dose of artefenomel (800 mg) plus PQP in ascending doses is an efficacious treatment for uncomplicated Plasmodium falciparum malaria in the 'target' population of children ≤ 5 years of age in Africa as well as Asian patients of all ages.Methods: Patients in six African countries and in Vietnam were randomised to treatment with follow-up for 42-63 days. Efficacy, tolerability, safety and pharmacokinetics were assessed. Additional key objectives were to characterise the exposure-response relationship for polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-adjusted adequate clinical and parasitological response at day 28 post-dose (ACPR28) and to further investigate Kelch13 mutations. Patients in Africa (n = 355) and Vietnam (n = 82) were included, with 85% of the total population being children < 5 years of age.Results: ACPR28 in the per protocol population (95% confidence interval) was 70.8% (61.13-79.19), 68.4% (59.13-76.66) and 78.6% (70.09-85.67) for doses of 800 mg artefenomel with 640 mg, 960 mg and 1440 mg of PQP respectively. ACPR28 was lower in Vietnamese than in African patients (66.2%; 54.55-76.62 and 74.5%; 68.81-79.68) respectively. Within the African population, efficacy was lowest in the youngest age group of ≥ 0.5 to ≤ 2 years, 52.7% (38.80-66.35). Initial parasite clearance was twice as long in Vietnam than in Africa. Within Vietnam, the frequency of the Kelch13 mutation was 70.1% and was clearly associated with parasite clearance half-life (PCt1/2). The most significant tolerability finding was vomiting (28.8%).Conclusions: In this first clinical trial evaluating a single encounter antimalarial therapy, none of the treatment arms reached the target efficacy of > 95% PCR-adjusted ACPR at day 28. Achieving very high efficacy following single dose treatment is challenging, since > 95% of the population must have sufficient concentrations to achieve cure across a range of parasite sensitivities and baseline parasitaemia levels. While challenging, the development of tools suitable for deployment as single encounter curative treatments for adults and children in Africa and to support elimination strategies remains a key development goal.Trial Registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02083380 . Registered on 7 March 2014. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
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14. Avortements provoqués en RDC :Analyse des complications et des effets des soins après avortement dans les Hôpitaux de référence de Kinshasa
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Ishoso Katuashi, Daniel, Coppieters, Yves, Tshefu, Antoinette Kitoto, Kirakoya, Fati, Delvaux, Thérèse, Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle, Laga, Marie, Chenge, Faustin, and Alexander, Sophie
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Etudes-femmes ,Soins après avortement, RDC ,Santé publique - Abstract
RésuméContexte :Les avortements provoqués sont un problème de santé publique, et cela de par leur fréquence, la survenue de complication, et la mortalité et morbidité qui en découlent. Les décès peuvent ainsi représenter jusqu’à 18% de décès maternels. Très peu des données y relatives sont disponibles pour la RDC, alors que ce pays montre une mortalité maternelle très élevée avec un ratio qui est passé de 546 à 1188 décès maternels pour 100.000 naissances vivantes de 2007 à 2016 malgré l’amélioration de l’accessibilité et de l’utilisation des services de santé maternelle de 2001 à 2014. Objectif :Analyser les complications des avortements provoqués et les effets de l’intégration de la stratégie standard des soins après avortement dans les structures sanitaires de référence de la ville de Kinshasa, capitale de la RDC.Méthodes :L'analyse des complications des avortements provoqués incluait trois études transversales. La première étude a déterminé la prévalence des avortements provoqués et les complications y relatives. La deuxième et la troisième ont analysé les cas de complications des avortements provoqués admis dans les structures sanitaires de référence de Kinshasa du niveau secondaire et tertiaire successivement. Ensuite, l’analyse des effets de l’intégration de la stratégie standard des soins après avortement dans les structures sanitaires de référence de la ville de Kinshasa incluait une étude quasi expérimentale avec un design avant-après-comparatif. En outre, une étude qualitative avait été menée afin de contribuer à produire un modèle des soins après avortement adapté à la ville de Kinshasa.Résultats :Il ressort de nos études que le taux des avortements provoqués en 2015 était de 55 pour 1000 femmes en âge de procréer à Kinshasa, capitale de la RDC, et que la pratique de ces avortements était significativement plus souvent observée chez les femmes célibataires, séparées, ou divorcées, chez celles n’ayant pas étudié ou n’ayant fait que l’école primaire, et chez les consommatrices d'alcool, pour la plupart au moyen de doses élevées de médicaments administrées par les femmes elles-mêmes ou par des agents de santé. Un peu plus de la moitié de ces avortements avaient entraîné des complications, principalement hémorragiques, infectieuses, et traumatiques. Les patientes présentant ces complications représentaient entre 12,4 et 17,3% de l’ensemble des admissions dans les services de gynéco-obstétrique des structures sanitaires de référence du niveau secondaire, et environ 12,2% dans celle du niveau tertiaire. Dans ces structures, la durée médiane d'hospitalisation était de 9 à 10 jours, significativement plus longue pour des patientes ayant subi une intervention chirurgicale pour pelvipéritonite post perforation utérine que pour celles ayant subi une césarienne ou une hystérectomie. De plus, cette durée était significativement plus longue pour des patientes traitées pour d’autres types de complication post-abortive, que celles traitées pour un avortement spontané. Le taux de mortalité lié à ces complications était de 2,3 à 11,3% dans les structures du niveau secondaire, et de 37,8% dans celle du niveau tertiaire.La mise en place de la stratégie standard des soins après avortement dans les structures sanitaires de référence du niveau secondaire de la ville de Kinshasa a significativement amélioré la fréquence de la pratique de l’Aspiration Manuelle Intra-Utérine qui est passée de moins de 25% à 32−82% dans les structures expérimentales (p=0,025) au détriment de dilatation-curetage, ainsi que la durée d’hospitalisation des patientes admises pour une complication d’avortement provoqué (1 jour de moins dans les structures expérimentales, p=0,020). Par contre, elle n’a pas eu d’effets significatifs sur l’utilisation des services relatifs aux complications d’avortement provoqué, la létalité, et l’offre effective de la contraception moderne post avortement.Pour ce qui est des obstacles au succès des interventions qui visent l’amélioration de la prise en charge des complications des avortements provoqués dans les structures sanitaires de référence de la ville de Kinshasa, il y a notamment la culture, les normes sociales préétablies, la défaillance de l’éducation, le manque des moyens financiers, l’automédication, le manque d’un personnel formé, l’indiscrétion dans les structures sanitaires officielles, et les influences des pharmaciens/vendeurs des médicaments, des tradipraticiens, et des certains pasteurs.Conclusion :Les études présentées dans cette thèse ont montré que la pratique des avortements provoqués était fréquente à Kinshasa, capitale de la RDC, et que les complications survenaient dans plus de la moitié des cas, lesquelles complications n’étaient pas correctement prises en charge dans les structures sanitaires de référence et menaient à un décès dans plus de 5% de l’ensemble des cas. Ces études ont, en plus, permis de mettre en évidence une insuffisance des résultats de la stratégie standard des soins après avortement implémentée par le Ministère de la Santé Publique via le Programme National de Santé de la Reproduction, et de proposer une série d’actions de réajustementSummaryContext:Induced abortions are a public health problem because of their frequency, the occurrence of complications, and the resulting mortality and morbidity. Deaths can thus represent up to 18% of maternal deaths. Very little relative data is available for the DRC, although this country shows a very high maternal mortality with a ratio that went from 546 to 1188 maternal deaths per 100,000 live births from 2007 to 2016 despite the improvement in accessibility, and use of maternal health services from 2001 to 2014.Goal:Analyze the complications of induced abortions and the effects of integrating the standard postabortion care strategy into referral health structures in the city of Kinshasa, capital of the DRC.Methods:The analysis of complications from induced abortions included three cross-sectional studies. The first study determined the prevalence of induced abortions and related complications. The second and third analyzed the cases of complications from induced abortions admitted to the referral health structures in Kinshasa at the secondary and tertiary level. Then, the analysis of the effects of integrating the standard postabortion care strategy into referral health facilities in the city of Kinshasa included a quasi-experimental study with a before-after-comparative design. In addition, a qualitative study was carried out to help produce a postabortion care model adapted to the city of Kinshasa.Results:Our studies show that the rate of induced abortions in 2015 was 55 per 1000 women of childbearing age in Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC, and that the practice of these abortions was significantly more observed among single, separated or divorced women, those with no or only primary school education, and among female alcohol users, mostly with high doses of drugs administered by women themselves or by health workers. Just over half of these abortions resulted in complications, mainly hemorrhagic, infectious, and traumatic. Patients with these complications represented between 12.4 and 17.3% of all admissions to the gyneco-obstetrics departments of referral health facilities at the secondary level, and around 12.2% at tertiary level. In these facilities, the median duration of hospitalization was 9-10 days, and this period of time was significantly longer for the patients who underwent surgery for pelvic peritonitis due to uterine perforation compared with the patients who underwent Caesarean section/hysterectomy. Furthermore, it was significantly longer for the patients who were treated for other inducedabortion related complications compared with patients treated for spontaneous abortion. The mortality rate associated with these complications was 2.3-11.3% at secondary level facilities, and 37.8% at tertiary level facilities.The implementation of the standard postabortion care strategy in the referral health facilities at the secondary level of the city of Kinshasa has significantly improved the frequency of the practice of Manual Intrauterine Aspiration, which has gone from less than 25% at 32−82% in the experimental structures (p = 0.025) to the detriment of dilation-curettage, as well as the length of hospitalization of patients admitted for a complication of induced abortion (1 day less in the experimental structures, p = 0.020). However, it did not have a significant effect on the use of services related to induced abortion complications, the lethality, and the effective supply of modern postabortion contraception.Finally, with regard to the obstacles to the success of interventions aimed at improving the management of complications from induced abortions in referral health facilities in the city of Kinshasa, there is in particular the culture, the standards social pre-established, lack of education, lack of financial means, self-medication, lack of trained staff, indiscretion in official health structures, and the influences of pharmacists / drug sellers, traditional healers, and some pastors.Conclusion:The studies presented in this thesis showed that the practice of induced abortions was frequent in Kinshasa, the capital of the DRC, and that complications occurred in more than half of the cases, which complications were not well managed in the referral health facilities and led to death in more than 5% of cases. These studies have, in addition, made it possible to highlight an inadequacy of the results of the standard postabortion care strategy implemented by the Ministry of Public Health via the National Reproductive Health Program, and to propose a series of actions. readjustment, Doctorat en Sciences de la santé Publique, info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished
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15. Baseline characteristics for phase II of the Kinshasa Malaria Cohort Study: cohort profile.
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Kashamuka MM, Banek K, White SJ, Atibu JL, Mvuama NM, Bala JAM, Nseka TM, Kihuma G, Diallo AO, Nkalani M, Mahilu GE, Manenga F, Varun G, Vulu F, Mampuya PN, Dinglasan R, Bobanga T, Emch M, Juliano JJ, Parr JB, Mwapasa V, and Tshefu AK
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- Humans, Democratic Republic of the Congo epidemiology, Female, Male, Child, Preschool, Child, Adolescent, Adult, Infant, Cohort Studies, Young Adult, Risk Factors, Animals, Middle Aged, Prevalence, Anopheles, Malaria epidemiology
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Purpose: The Democratic Republic of Congo has one of the highest burdens of malaria in the world, accounting for 12.3% of malaria cases and 11.6% of malaria deaths. The country has been scaling up various malaria control interventions, but how the malaria burden and risk factors have evolved remains unclear. This study aimed to estimate the trend in the burden of malaria in different settings in Kinshasa Province and assess factors contributing to the infection., Participants: From 2018 to 2022, a cohort study was conducted in three health areas in Kinshasa Province known to have varying malaria endemicities: Voix du Peuple (urban), Kimpoko (peri-urban), and Bu (rural) health areas in Kinshasa Province. Participants 6 months of age and older were recruited and followed biannually through household visits and encouraged to visit study health centres whenever they felt ill. The participants' sociodemographic data, illness history and access to malaria interventions were collected along with blood specimens. During the same study period, mosquitoes and larvae were collected to study entomological characteristics that may contribute to malaria transmission., Findings: A total of 1635 participants were recruited from 239 households. The median number of participants per household was 6 (IQR, 5-9). Over half (54.7%) of the participants were female, 14.6% were under-5 children, and 33.3% were 5-14 years old. Household net ownership and reported use the previous night were 77.8% and 79.1%, respectively. Overall, malaria prevalence by rapid diagnostic test at baseline was 33.4%. Of the recruited participants, 1390 (85%) completed the 4 years of follow-up., Future Plans: Planned analyses include calculating malaria prevalence and incidence trends at follow-up as well as risk factors for infection. Continued analyses will link epidemiological and entomological data to understand malaria transmission evolution and the sustained high prevalence of malaria over time in various settings., Competing Interests: Competing interests: JBP reports research support from Gilead Sciences, non-financial support from Abbott Laboratories, and consulting for Zymeron Corporation, all outside the scope of this work, (© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2024. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ.)
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