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84 %84 per cent of African Union Member States report the existence of national coordination platforms for community health.

observed 2024Africa CDCdocument of 261 observations

3,000,000 décès prématurésChaque année, près de 3 millions de décès prématurés sont dus à la pollution de l’air ambiant par des particules fines selon l’OMS dans les pays du Sud.

HAL · Unilimdocument of 382 observations

222 patientsAmong 1243 patients aged 40–50 years, 222 (44%) reported recent mental illness symptoms.

HAL · Unilimdocument of 171 observations

63 %Among 1618 patients without hypertension, 250 (63%) had unhealthy substance use.

HAL · Unilimdocument of 171 observations

90 %En Afrique subsaharienne, 90 % des femmes enceintes ont recours à la consultation prénatale au moins une fois.

HAL · Unilimdocument of 302 observations

97.1 %Specificity for the detection of moderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathy using the smartphone-based retinal camera was 97.1%.

Camerounmoderate nonproliferative diabetic retinopathypublished 2019Ophthalmic surgery, lasers & imaging retinaeurope_pmcdocument of 16 observations

100 %100% (2/2) of micafungin-resistant C. auris isolates exhibited MIC values of 16 mg/L with E-test method.

candidose à Candida aurisHAL · Unilimdocument of 136 observations

4.4 %The prevalence of latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) in HIV-1-infected children on antiretroviral therapy (ART) at the pediatric HIV clinic of Jos University Teaching Hospital was 4.4%.

Nigerialatent tuberculosis infection (LTBI) · VIH/sidaobserved 2016-2017published 2020International journal of mycobacteriologyPubMeddocument of 6 observations

53.1 %53.1% of private pharmacies prescribed chloroquine as first-line therapy.

observed 2007published 2009Malaria journaleurope_pmcdocument of 10 observationsDOI 10.1186/1475-2875-8-100

207.24 USD/DALYAnnual mammography screening has an incremental cost-effectiveness ratio (ICER) of US$207.24 per DALY averted.

published 2026PloS onePubMeddocument of 3 observations

0.9 %Tobacco use prevalence was 0.9% among females.

Kenyatobacco useobserved 2015published 2020The Pan African medical journalPubMeddocument of 26 observations

3.9 %La proportion d’enfants présentant une dénutrition aiguë (poids-pour-taille < −2 écarts-types) dans l’échantillon Ogooué-Maritime (sans Port-Gentil) était de 3,9 % selon l’EDSG-III 2019–21.

observed 2019–21DHS Programdocument of 5,766 observations

26.1 %The prevalence of HPV-31 was 26.1% among women in Ouagadougou.

published 2013Mediterranean journal of hematology and infectious diseaseseurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

66.53 %1,012/1,521 (66.53%) were treated as outpatients.

BéninpaludismeHAL · Unilimdocument of 148 observations

35 %Entre 2020 et 2021, l’Afrique de l’Est a connu une augmentation de 35 % des investissements étrangers directs (IED).

observed 2020–2021HAL · Unilimdocument of 82 observations

13.1 %Among 152 participants, 13.1% (n=20) were infected with soil-transmitted helminths (STH).

Gabonsoil-transmitted helminths (STH)published 2026Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

3.48 hourThe mean transit time (MTT) for lumefantrine absorption was 3.48 hours.

HAL · Unilimdocument of 92 observations

67 samplesIn 2023, 67 Plasmodium vivax isolates were analyzed for mdr1 deletion in Cambodia.

paludismeobserved 2023HAL · Unilimdocument of 26 observations

88 %Les pourcentages d'enfants ayant déjà eu un carnet de vaccination sont de 88 % en milieu rural et de 96 % en milieu urbain.

DHS Programdocument of 5,766 observations

-0.19 per_1000The malaria diagnosis rate increased quadratically with a squared term coefficient of -0.19 per 1000 all-cause hospital diagnoses per unit time squared in Lambaréné, Gabon, with statistical significance (P = 0.001).

Gabonpaludismepublished 2025International journal of epidemiologyeurope_pmcdocument of 5 observations

5.5 %Among HIV-negative women, Mycoplasma hominis colonization was identified in 5.5%.

Burkina FasoMycoplasma hominis colonizationpublished 2011Journal of infection in developing countrieseurope_pmcdocument of 12 observationsDOI 10.3855/jidc.950

7 daysTwo mosquito-derived M. pingshaense isolates (Met_S26 and Met_S10) showed an LT80 of ~7 days against Anopheles coluzzii at a spore dosage of 1 × 10^6 conidia/ml.

Burkina Fasopaludismepublished 2018Parasites & vectorseurope_pmcdocument of 3 observationsDOI 10.1186/s13071-018-2796-6

9.1 %Among participants, 9.1% of HIV-seronegative women had gestational diabetes (GDM).

Afrique du Suddiabète gestationnelpublished 2026The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolismeurope_pmcdocument of 6 observations

50 %Uptake of intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy with sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) was associated with a 50% reduction of Plasmodium falciparum infection in primigravidae in a hospital-based cross-sectional survey performed in 2011 in Gabon.

Gabonpaludismeobserved 2011published 2016Transactions of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygieneeurope_pmcdocument of 8 observations

20.5 %In Kombewa, Kenya, 20.5% of 1,116 malaria-specific-positive asymptomatic adults had detectable gametocyte-specific transcripts.

Kenyapaludismepublished 2020Frontiers in cellular and infection microbiologyPubMeddocument of 2 observations