Malaria parasitemia was assessed in 37 known sickle cell anemia patients attending the routine hematological clinic of the University of Benin Teaching Hospital, Benin-City, Edo State. Parasitemia was determined using the quantitative buffy coat analysis. The prevalence of malaria parasitemia among the population studied was 86.5%. There was no significant difference in the prevalence of parasi...

Through a Benin-Canada participatory research initiative which included both Benin and Canadian non-governmental organizations, a local capacity to produce and market bednets for the prevention of malaria was developed. The development process began following a community-based assessment of local needs and skills. All materials for the manufacture and distribution of the bednets were obtained l...

African swine fever (ASF) is an acute haemorrhagic disease of domestic pigs for which there is currently no vaccine. We showed that experimental immunisation of pigs with the non-virulent OURT88/3 genotype I isolate from Portugal followed by the closely related virulent OURT88/1 genotype I isolate could confer protection against challenge with virulent isolates from Africa including the genotyp...

Introduction Adolescents ages 15–24, particularly young women, continue to bear the brunt of the HIV epidemic in subSaharan Africa with an estimated 50% of new infections occurring in this age group. While adolescents in Benin have many sexual partners (3,4 for women and 4,5 for men) (EDS, 2012), less than 50% used condom during the last sexual encounter. The Association of Social Marketing in ...

Efficient tuberculosis treatment requires the use of good quality medicines. The present study developed a method of dosage by High Performance Liquid Chromatography (HPLC) coupled with the dissolution of a combination of fixed doses of four anti-tuberculous (Isoniazid, Pyrazinamide, Ethambutol Hydrochlorate, Rifampicine). The elaborated protocol was thereafter used to assess the quality of med...

Pilot survey of oral health-related quality of life: a cross-sectional study of adults in Benin City,Edo Title: State Nigeria

Young people in Benin are starting to insist on their sexual and reproductive health rights, thanks to campaigners like Joannie Bewa. Dr Bewa talks to Fiona Fleck.

Over the past 10 years, the author has experimented with a number of program formats designed to inform engineering undergraduates of the requirements of pursuing engineering projects in developing countries. These have included: (i) an elective course on water supply in developing countries, (ii) a service program in Haiti involving a combination of U.S. engineering and nonengineering undergra...

efficient tuberculosis treatment requires the use of good quality medicines. the present study developed a method of dosage by high performance liquid chromatography (hplc) coupled with the dissolution of a combination of fixed doses of four anti-tuberculous (isoniazid, pyrazinamide, ethambutol hydrochlorate, rifampicine). the elaborated protocol was thereafter used to assess the quality of med...

OBJECTIVE Food guides are important tools for nutrition education. While developing a food guide in Benin, the objective was to determine the daily number of servings per food group and the portion sizes of common foods to be recommended. DESIGN Linear programming (LP) was used to determine, for each predefined food group, the optimal number and size of servings of commonly consumed foods. Tw...