Yazoumé Yé

The burden of disease profile of residents of Nairobi's slums: Results from a Demographic Surveillance System (2008)

Kyobutungi, Catherine, Ziraba, Abdhalah, Ezeh, Alex, Yé, Yazoumé

Abstract Background With increasing urbanization in sub-Saharan Africa and poor economic performance, the growth of slums is unavoidable. About 71% of urban residents in Kenya live in slums. Slums...

Effect of meteorological factors on clinical malaria risk among children: an assessment using village-based meteorological stations and community-based parasitological survey (2007)

Yé, Yazoumé, Louis, Valérie R, Simboro, Séraphin, Sauerborn, Rainer

Abstract Background Temperature, rainfall and humidity have been widely associated with the dynamics of malaria vector population and, therefore, with spread of the disease. However, at the local...

Assessing the risk of self-diagnosed malaria in urban informal settlements of Nairobi using self-reported morbidity survey (2007)

Yé, Yazoumé, Kimani-Murage, Elizabeth, Kebaso, John, Mugisha, Frederick

Abstract Background Because of the belief that Nairobi is a low risk zone for malaria, little empirical data exists on malaria risk in the area. The aim of this study was to explore the risk of...

Micro-epidemiology of Plasmodium falciparummalaria: Is there any difference in transmission risk between neighbouring villages? (2007)

Yé, Yazoumé, Kyobutungi, Catherine, Louis, Valérie R, Sauerborn, Rainer

Abstract Background Malaria control strategies are designed as a solution for either the whole region or the whole country and are assumed to suit every setting. There is a need to shift from this...

Housing conditions and Plasmodium falciparuminfection: protective effect of iron-sheet roofed houses (2006)

Yé, Yazoumé, Hoshen, Moshe, Louis, Valérie, Séraphin, Simboro, Traoré, Issouf, Sauerborn, Rainer

Abstract Background Identification and better understanding of potential risk factors for malaria are important for targeted and cost-effective health interventions. Housing conditions have been...

Clustering of childhood mortality in rural Burkina Faso (2001)

Sankoh, Osman A, Yé, Yazoumé, Sauerborn, Rainer, Müller, Olaf, Becher, Heiko

Background Childhood mortality is a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. For the implementation of efficient public health systems, knowledge of the spatial distribution of mortality is...

Assessing the Effect of Mother’s Migration on Childhood Mortality in the Informal Settlements of Nairobi

Adama Konseiga, Eliya Msiyaphazi Zulu, Yazoumé Yé

Between one and two million migrants reside in cramped conditions in Nairobi’s slums without proper access to sanitation or affordable clean water. Children in such areas are exposed to enormous...

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...