Bocar Kouyaté

Portrait of a lengthy vaccination trajectory in Burkina Faso: from cultural acceptance of vaccines to actual immunization (2009)

Dugas, Marylène, Dubé, Eric, Kouyaté, Bocar, Sanou, Aboubakary, Bibeau, Gilles

Abstract Background The global recognition of vaccination is strongly related to the fact that it has proved in the past able to dramatically reduce the incidence of certain diseases. Nevertheless,...

Assessment of factors associated with complete immunization coverage in children aged 12-23 months: a cross-sectional study in Nouna district, Burkina Faso (2009)

Sanou, Aboubakary, Simboro, Seraphin, Kouyaté, Bocar, Dugas, Marylène, Graham, Janice, Bibeau, Gilles

Abstract Background The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) is still in need of improvement. In Burkina Faso in 2003, for example, the Nouna health district had an immunization coverage rate of...

Step-wedge cluster-randomised community-based trials: An application to the study of the impact of community health insurance (2008)

De Allegri, Manuela, Pokhrel, Subhash, Becher, Heiko, Dong, Hengjin, Mansmann, Ulrich, Kouyaté, Bocar, ...

Abstract Background We describe a step-wedge cluster-randomised community-based trial which has been conducted since 2003 to accompany the implementation of a community health insurance (CHI) scheme...

Process and effects of a community intervention on malaria in rural Burkina Faso: randomized controlled trial (2008)

Kouyaté, Bocar, Somé, Florent, Jahn, Albrecht, Coulibaly, Boubacar, Eriksen, Jaran, Sauerborn, Rainer, ...

Abstract Background In the rural areas of sub-Saharan Africa, the majority of young children affected by malaria have no access to formal health services. Home treatment through mothers of febrile...

Comparison of all-cause and malaria-specific mortality from two West African countries with different malaria transmission patterns (2008)

Ndugwa, Robert P, Ramroth, Heribert, Müller, Olaf, Jasseh, Momodou, Sié, Ali, Kouyaté, Bocar, ...

Abstract Background Malaria is a leading cause of death in children below five years of age in sub-Saharan Africa. All-cause and malaria-specific mortality rates for children under-five years old in...

Malaria in rural Burkina Faso: local illness concepts, patterns of traditional treatment and influence on health-seeking behaviour (2007)

Beiersmann, Claudia, Sanou, Aboubakary, Wladarsch, Evelyn, De Allegri, Manuela, Kouyaté, Bocar, Müller, Olaf

Abstract Background The literature on health care seeking behaviour in sub-Saharan Africa for children suffering from malaria is quite extensive. This literature, however, is predominately...

Methylene blue for malaria in Africa: results from a dose-finding study in combination with chloroquine (2006)

Meissner, Peter E, Mandi, Germain, Coulibaly, Boubacar, Witte, Steffen, Tapsoba, Théophile, Mansmann, Ulrich, ...

Abstract The development of safe, effective and affordable drug combinations against malaria in Africa is a public health priority. Methylene blue (MB) has a similar mode of action as chloroquine...

Compliance of young children with ITN protection in rural Burkina Faso (2006)

Frey, Claudia, Traoré, Corneille, De Allegri, Manuela, Kouyaté, Bocar, Müller, Olaf

Abstract Background Insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs) are known to be highly effective in reducing malaria morbidity and mortality. The effectiveness of ITNs is largely influenced by behavioural...

Pattern of cause-specific childhood mortality in a malaria endemic area of Burkina Faso (2006)

Hammer, Gaël P, Somé, Florent, Müller, Olaf, Kynast-Wolf, Gisela, Kouyaté, Bocar, Becher, Heiko

Abstract Background Reliable mortality data are a prerequisite for planning health interventions, yet such data are often not available in developing countries, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa...

Season of death and birth predict patterns of mortality in Burkina Faso (2006)

Kynast-Wolf, Gisela, Hammer, Gaël P, Müller, Olaf, Kouyaté, Bocar, Becher, Heiko

Background Mortality in developing countries has multiple causes. Some of these causes are linked to climatic conditions that differ over the year. Data on season-specific mortality are sparse....

Safety of the methylene blue plus chloroquine combination in the treatment of uncomplicated falciparum malaria in young children of Burkina Faso [ISRCTN27290841] (2005)

Meissner, Peter E, Mandi, Germain, Witte, Steffen, Coulibaly, Boubacar, Mansmann, Ulrich, Rengelshausen, Jens, ...

Abstract Background Safe, effective and affordable drug combinations against falciparum malaria are urgently needed for the poor populations in malaria endemic countries. Methylene blue (MB) combined...

Season of death and birth predict patterns of mortality in Burkina Faso (2005)

Kynast-Wolf, Gisela, Hammer, Gaël P., Müller, Olaf, Kouyaté, Bocar, Becher, Heiko

Background Mortality in developing countries has multiple causes. Some of these causes are linked to climatic conditions that differ over the year. Data on season-specific mortality are sparse....

Analysis of Antibodies Directed against Merozoite Surface Protein 1 of the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Woehlbier, Ute, Epp, Christian, Kauth, Christian W., Lutz, Rolf, Long, Carole A., Coulibaly, Boubacar, ...

The 190-kDa merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP-1) of Plasmodium falciparum, an essential component in the parasite's life cycle, is a primary candidate for a malaria vaccine. Rabbit antibodies elicited...

Methylene blue for malaria in Africa: results from a dose-finding study in combination with chloroquine

Meissner, Peter E, Mandi, Germain, Coulibaly, Boubacar, Witte, Steffen, Tapsoba, Théophile, Mansmann, Ulrich, ...

The development of safe, effective and affordable drug combinations against malaria in Africa is a public health priority. Methylene blue (MB) has a similar mode of action as chloroquine (CQ) and has...

Analysis of Antibodies Directed against Merozoite Surface Protein 1 of the Human Malaria Parasite Plasmodium falciparum

Woehlbier, Ute, Epp, Christian, Kauth, Christian W., Lutz, Rolf, Long, Carole A., Coulibaly, Boubacar, ...

The 190-kDa merozoite surface protein 1 (MSP-1) of Plasmodium falciparum, an essential component in the parasite's life cycle, is a primary candidate for a malaria vaccine. Rabbit antibodies elicited...

Methylene blue for malaria in Africa: results from a dose-finding study in combination with chloroquine

Meissner, Peter E, Mandi, Germain, Coulibaly, Boubacar, Witte, Steffen, Tapsoba, Théophile, Mansmann, Ulrich, ...

The development of safe, effective and affordable drug combinations against malaria in Africa is a public health priority. Methylene blue (MB) has a similar mode of action as chloroquine (CQ) and has...

The Great Failure of Malaria Control in Africa: A District Perspective from Burkina Faso

Kouyaté, Bocar, Sie, Ali, Yé, Maurice, De Allegri, Manuela, Müller, Olaf

Too many African children are dying from a disease for which we have effective and cost-effective prevention and treatment options, say the authors.

Risk factors of infant and child mortality in rural Burkina Faso.

Becher, Heiko, Müller, Olaf, Jahn, Albrecht, Gbangou, Adjima, Kynast-Wolf, Gisela, Kouyaté, Bocar

OBJECTIVE: The aim of the study was to quantify the effect of risk factors for childhood mortality in a typical rural setting in sub-Saharan Africa. METHODS: We performed a survival analysis of...

Catastrophic household expenditure for health care in a low-income society: a study from Nouna District, Burkina Faso.

Su, Tin Tin, Kouyaté, Bocar, Flessa, Steffen

OBJECTIVE: To quantify the extent of catastrophic household health care expenditure and determine the factors responsible for it in Nouna District, Burkina Faso. METHODS: We used the Nouna Health...

Effects of insecticide-treated bednets during early infancy in an African area of intense malaria transmission: a randomized controlled trial.

Müller, Olaf, Traoré, Corneille, Kouyaté, Bocar, Yé, Yazoumé, Frey, Claudia, Coulibaly, Boubacar, ...

OBJECTIVE: Insecticide-impregnated bednets and curtains have been shown by many studies to be effective against malaria. However, because of possible interactions with immunity development, treated...

Understanding enrolment in community health insurance in sub-Saharan Africa: a population-based case-control study in rural Burkina Faso.

De Allegri, Manuela, Kouyaté, Bocar, Becher, Heiko, Gbangou, Adjima, Pokhrel, Subhash, Sanon, Mamadou, ...

OBJECTIVE: To identify factors associated with decision to enrol in a community health insurance (CHI) scheme. METHODS: We conducted a population-based case-control study among 15 communities offered...