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495 casesOver 1 year in 2020, 495 COVID-19 cases (RT-PCR positive) were recruited at the Regional Hospital of Lambaréné in Gabon.

GabonCOVID-19observed 2020published 2022Medecine tropicale et sante internationalePubMeddocument of 6 observations

Asymptomatic potassium deficiency developed despite provision of potassium at maintenance doses.

published 2005Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society europe_pmcdocument of 4 observationsDOI 10.1086/426022

15,286 mosquitoesA total of 15,286 mosquitoes were collected over the two year period using CDC light traps in 160 houses distributed over 16 study villages.

observed two year periodpublished 2020Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 5 observations

27.9 %Health facilities misdiagnosis rate was 27.9% (77/276) in rural western Kenya from November 2019 through March 2020.

observed November 2019 through March 2020published 2022Malaria journalPubMeddocument of 15 observations

16.09 %Au Burkina Faso, 16,09 % des femmes dans le bras intervention avaient une parité égale à 2.

HAL · Unilimdocument of 302 observations

26.7 %The amputation rate among patients with diabetic foot ulcer was 26.7%.

Nigeriapied diabétiqueobserved July 2015 to June 2018published 2021West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 8 observations

69 %Out of the 271 participants, majority were below 60 years (69%).

HAL · Unilimdocument of 63 observations

18.2 %Prevalence of HIV among liver diseases patients in Osun State was 18.2%.

NigeriaVIH/sidapublished 2021Journal of immunoassay & immunochemistryPubMeddocument of 4 observations

99 %99% of surveyed PrEP clients perceived oral fluid-based HIVST as less accurate.

published 2024Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS CarePubMeddocument of 5 observations

86.8 %At least 1 positive ultrasonographic arthritic change was found in 86.8% of T2DM knees without pain.

Nigeriatype 2 diabetic mellituspublished 2025West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 5 observations

24 %Les probabilités d’avoir un accident vasculaire cérébral avant l’âge de 45 ans chez les sujets atteints de drépanocytose sont de 24 %.

AVC · drépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 75 observations

6.7 %The in-hospital mortality rate for minor non-traumatic lower limb amputation was 6.7% in Togo from 2016 to 2021.

Togominor non-traumatic lower limb amputationobserved 2016 to 2021HAL · Unilimdocument of 15 observations

4.8 %Acute malnutrition prevalence (< −2SD weight-for-height Z score) among 3-year-old children in the control group was 4.8% (24/500) in July 2016.

malnutritionobserved July 2016HAL · Unilimdocument of 94 observations

1.91 odds_ratioStunting was more frequent in HEU than HUU children with an adjusted odds ratio of 1.91.

published 2024BMC medicinePubMeddocument of 6 observations

41.3 %The prevalence of smoking among respondents in the Ijegun-Isheri Osun community of Lagos, Nigeria was 41.3%.

Nigeriasmokingpublished 2020BMC public healthPubMeddocument of 6 observations

74 %74 % des femmes actuellement en union au Gabon seraient susceptibles de donner naissance à un enfant qui entrerait dans une catégorie de hauts risques évitables.

DHS Programdocument of 5,766 observations

22 %The 90-day case fatality rate of stroke was 22%.

NigeriaAVCpublished 2021West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 4 observations

88 %Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine showed antimalarial suppression of 88% in mice infected with Plasmodium berghei.

published 2021Journal of ethnopharmacologyeurope_pmcdocument of 10 observations

0 casesNo case of HIV seroconversion was reported 6 months after exposure among AEB victims.

Côte d'IvoireVIH/sidaobserved 6 month after exposurepublished 2007Medecine et maladies infectieuseseurope_pmcdocument of 11 observations

23 patientsYellow fever vaccination antibody titres were measured in 23/35 patients in the non-hydroxyurea group.

drépanocytoseHAL · Unilimdocument of 60 observations

0.92 specificityThe optimized gradient boosting model (XGBoost) had a specificity of 0.92.

dengueHAL · Unilimdocument of 283 observations

2.7 odds_ratioParticipants colonized with PVL positive isolates reported skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI) in the past more frequently than carriers of PVL negative isolates (OR = 2.7, p = 0.01).

GabonPanton-Valentine leukocidin (PVL) positive S. aureus · skin and soft tissue infections (SSTI)observed 2013published 2015Frontiers in microbiologyPubMeddocument of 7 observations

9 patientsFor 9 of the 18 cystic fibrosis patients, no Pseudomonas aeruginosa strains were isolated for nine months after treatment with a single daily dose of amikacin.

Gaboncystic fibrosis · P. aeruginosa infectionspublished 1995PubMedOpenAlexdocument of 2 observations

6.68 %Nakaseomyces glabrata accounted for 6.68% of Candida isolates in Africa.

HAL · Unilimdocument of 136 observations

40 %Among 120 (35.4%) patients who subscribed to a health insurance program in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria, about 2 in 5 still paid out-of-pocket for healthcare expenses.

published 2025West African journal of medicinePubMeddocument of 8 observations