Morbidité Des Enfants En Zones Urbaines Africaines. Le Cas De L’observatoire De Population De Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)

Abstract

Rapid urbanization and its consequences in regard to access to water, sanitation, and waste management in African cities can be synonymous to health problems. Based on the data obtained from the Ouagadougou Health and Demographic Surveillance System, this paper focuses on characterizing most of those at risk of disease (fever, diarrhea, cough, infections of the skin and eyes). Spatial analysis show that populations in formal (zoned) neighbourhoods, compared to those in informal neighbourhoods, are most at risk of disease. However, in performing multiple correspondence factor analysis and classification, we found that the informal neighbourhoods are mostly at risk of disease. The formal and informal opposition is not absolute, but the differences remain strong despite the existence of atypical neighbourhoods. The contribution of the paper is to provide a new perspective for thinking in regards to the links between environment and children’s health.

Effect of a free healthcare policy on health services utilisation for non‐malarial febrile illness by children under five years in Burkina Faso: an interrupted time series analysis

“…The study sites were purposefully selected from a previous randomly selection of 12 primary health centres of Ouagadougou in a previous study of Flavivirus prevalence [34]. The CSPS of Juvénat Fille is a denominational health facility that has a medical analysis laboratory and it is located in the central areas of Ouagadougou, characterised for having better infrastructure, housing, drainage system and running water available [35‐38]. The CSPS of Juvénat fille covers an estimated population of 19 920 inhabitants in 2015 and 20 746 inhabitants in 2016.…”

“…The CSPS of Zongo and Pazani is located in the peripheral areas of Ouagadougou, mainly composed of unplanned settlement areas. These areas do not have running water or drainage system [35‐38]. The CSPS of Zongo covered an estimated population of 48 579 and 50 586 inhabitants in 2015 and 2016, respectively.…”