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2. Analysis of severe adverse effects following community-based ivermectin treatment in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Makenga Bof, Jean-Claude, Muteba, Daniel, Mansiangi, Paul, Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, and Coppieters, Yves
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- 2019
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3. Incidence of catastrophic health expenditures for households: An example of medical attention for the treatment of severe childhood malaria in Kinshasa reference hospitals, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, Levêque, Alain, Laokri, Samia, and Dramaix, Michèle
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- 2015
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4. Falls in the elderly: Prevalence and explanatory factors in Kinshasa: Democratic Republic of Congo
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Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, primary, Muasapatoka, Guillaume Kalonji, additional, Nkashama, Jacques Mukeba, additional, Kandolo, Félicien Tshimungu, additional, Muya, Jean Paul Mbikayi, additional, and Kabulo, Paulin Kanema, additional
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- 2022
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5. Facteurs associés à la survie en milieu pénitentiaire : étude en République démocratique du Congo
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Kalonji, Guillaume Muasa Patoka, primary, Ngongo Okenge, Léon, additional, Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, additional, Albert, Adelin, additional, and Giet, Didier, additional
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- 2020
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6. Analysis of severe adverse effects following community-based ivermectin treatment in the Democratic Republic of Congo
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Makenga Bof, Jean Claude, Muteba, Daniel, Mansiangi, Paul, Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, Coppieters, Yves, Makenga Bof, Jean Claude, Muteba, Daniel, Mansiangi, Paul, Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, and Coppieters, Yves
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The progress of mass, community-directed, treatment with ivermectin (CDTI) for onchocerciasis control was disrupted by severe adverse effects (SAE) in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). The study aimed at determining the frequency of post-CDTI SAE as well as factors associated with the occurrence of SAE., SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published
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7. Untreated villages and factors associated with the absence of Community-Directed Treatment with Ivermectin (CDTI) in DRC
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Makenga Bof, Jean Claude, Tshitoka, Fortunat Ntumba, Mukendi, Dieudonne Mpunga, Mankadi, Paul Mansiangi, Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, Coppieters, Yves, Makenga Bof, Jean Claude, Tshitoka, Fortunat Ntumba, Mukendi, Dieudonne Mpunga, Mankadi, Paul Mansiangi, Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, and Coppieters, Yves
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Introduction: The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC), the main objective of which was the Community-Directed Treatment with Ivermectin (CDTI), was closed by the end of 2015. The purpose of this study was to describe untreated villages in DRC and to assess the factors associated with the absence of CDTI in endemic villages, between 2001 and 2014. Methodology: This retrospective study was descriptive. Several annual technical reports of the National Onchocerciasis Task Force (NOTF) and national technical reports of CDTI projects were analysed; 21 projects implemented to control the disease were considered, representing the coverage of 42,778 endemic villages. Data were collected over a 3 month-period, between October and December 2016. Results: Only 15,700 endemic villages were not treated through an annual CDT with Mectizan, i.e. 36.7%. The population at risk totalled 29,712,381 individuals and 7,681,995 of them were not treated, i.e. 25.9%. Eight projects recorded high proportions of untreated villages, i.e. 7,100 endemic entities (16.6%). Factors independently associated with non-treatment were the fear of serious side effects (adjusted OR: 10.6; 95% CI: 4.5-27.7), supply impaired by insecurity (adjusted OR: 15.9; 95% CI: 6.7-41.4) and geographical inaccessibility (adjusted OR: 19; 95% CI: 6.9-63.9). Conclusion: After 15 CDTI-cycles in DRC, the mean geographical coverage and therapeutic coverage rates reached 63.3% and 74.1%, respectively. The 2025 target of onchocerciasis eradication, as advocated by APOC, will not be reached. Untreated areas are partly responsible for such results. Many weaknesses persist in the National Program for Onchocerciasis Control (NPOC) and new strategies of disease control should be investigated., SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published
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8. Untreated villages and factors associated with the absence of Community-Directed Treatment with Ivermectin (CDTI) in DRC
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Makenga Bof, Jean-Claude, primary, Ntumba Tshitoka, Fortunat, additional, Mpunga Mukendi, Dieudonné, additional, Mansiangi Mankadi, Paul, additional, Ilunga - Ilunga, Félicien, additional, and Coppieters, Yves, additional
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- 2018
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9. Analysis of the transmission level of onchocerciasis in a health area in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
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Makenga Bof, Jean Claude, Mpunga, Dieudonné, Molala, Roger, Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, Coppieters, Yves, Makenga Bof, Jean Claude, Mpunga, Dieudonné, Molala, Roger, Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, and Coppieters, Yves
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10. Le paludisme grave de l'enfant :profil des ménages, aspects épidémio-cliniques, et analyse de coûts de prise en charge dans les hôpitaux de Kinshasa, République Démocratique du Congo
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Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, Dujardin, Bruno, Boelaert, Marleen, Laokri, Samia, Donnen, Philippe, Macq, Jean, Levêque, Alain, Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle, and Pirson, Magali
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Kinshasa ,Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Social conditions ,Pediatric epidemiology -- Congo (Democratic Republic) ,Paludisme chez l'enfant -- Epidémiologie -- Congo (République démocratique) ,Congo (République démocratique) -- Conditions économiques ,Malaria in children -- Congo (Democratic Republic) ,Soins medicaux -- Coût -- Congo (République démocratique) ,caractéristiques des ménages ,manifestations cliniques et biologique ,Epidémiologie pédiatrique -- Congo (République démocratique) ,Santé publique ,coûts directs et indirects ,Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Economic conditions ,itinéraires thérapeutiques ,Paludisme chez l'enfant -- Congo (République démocratique) ,Congo (République démocratique) -- Conditions sociales ,paludisme grave ,Malaria in children -- Epidemiology -- Congo (Democratic Republic) ,Medical care, Cost of -- Congo (Democratic Republic) ,enfant ,dépenses de santé catastrophiques - Abstract
Le paludisme grave de l’enfant est une maladie potentiellement mortelle dans de nombreuses zones tropicales et subtropicales. Sa prise en charge nécessite des moyens coûteux et pèse lourdement sur l’économie des ménages. En République Démocratique du Congo, les ménages sont obligés de débourser directement les frais de prise en charge, faute de la quasi-inexistence de la sécurité sociale. En dépit de la conférence d’Abidjan 2001, demandant aux chefs d’Etats africains de consacrer 15% des budgets nationaux à la santé, le budget alloué à la santé en RDC reste faible. La charge financière s’est transférée graduellement sur les ménages qui sont paupérisés à l’extrême. La subvention de l’Etat seule ne suffit plus à subvenir aux besoins de la population. Objectifs et hypothèses. Les hypothèses suivantes ont été posées: - Les enfants souffrant de paludisme grave proviennent des ménages avec les conditions socio-économiques défavorables, et sont fréquemment hospitalisés dans les hôpitaux non privés. - Les attitudes thérapeutiques adoptées par la majorité des ménages sont irrationnelles. - Les coûts de la prise en charge du paludisme de grave sont inaccessibles et/ou catastrophiques pour la majorité des ménages. Pour vérifier ces hypothèses, les objectifs suivants ont été fixés: - décrire les caractéristiques des ménages des enfants hospitalisés pour paludisme grave et les facteurs associés à la létalité palustre dans les hôpitaux de référence de Kinshasa; - déterminer une éventuelle influence de l’âge et du niveau de transmission palustre sur l’expression clinique et biologique du paludisme grave de l’enfant; - analyser les itinéraires thérapeutiques selon les caractéristiques des ménages des enfants souffrant de paludisme grave d’une part et estimer la durée des symptômes pré-hospitalisation et la létalité palustre en fonction des itinéraires choisis d’autre part; - estimer les coûts directs et indirects nécessités par la prise en charge du paludisme grave des enfants de moins de 15 ans dans les hôpitaux de référence de Kinshasa; - estimer l’incidence des dépenses de santé catastrophiques des ménages dans le cadre de la prise en charge des enfants atteints de paludisme grave à Kinshasa. - déterminer les sources de financement des coûts de prise en charge des enfants souffrant de paludisme grave pour les ménages dans les hôpitaux de Kinshasa. Méthodologie Cette thèse s’est basée sur l’analyse des données épidémio-cliniques et médico-économiques d’une étude menée dans les hôpitaux de référence de Kinshasa en 2011, sur 1350 enfants hospitalisés et traités pour paludisme grave. Les principaux résultats: 75% des enfants hospitalisés pour paludisme grave étaient issus de ménages avec un niveau socio-économique faible et moyen; principalement ceux ayant fréquenté les hôpitaux d’Etat et Confessionnels. Plus de la moitié des enfants hospitalisés pour paludisme grave étaient issus des zones à transmission palustre forte et modérée. Le taux de létalité (5,9% pour l’ensemble des enfants) était différent selon le statut de l’hôpital: 5,3% dans les hôpitaux de l’Etat, 8,4% dans les hôpitaux privés et de 4,0% dans les hôpitaux confessionnels. La létalité palustre était élevée dans le groupe des enfants entre 12-59 mois (8,4%). et de ceux issus de la zone à forte transmission (11,0%). Une létalité plus élevée était observée en présence de collapsus circulatoire (ORa= 10,3), d’un nombre de syndromes associés > 2 (ORa=3,5), d’un z-score poids pour âge ≤ -2 ET (ORa=3,5), d’un recours tardif (ORa=4,9), d’une température corporelle ≥ 40°C (ORa=2,9), d’une détresse respiratoire (ORa=1,9) et lorsque les parents étaient locataires (ORa=2,8). En ce qui concerne les attitudes thérapeutiques adoptées par les ménages, 31,5% des ménages s’étaient directement rendus au centre de santé ou à l'hôpital (structures modernes). L'option la plus fréquente en premier recours était l'automédication (61,5%). L’analyse des coûts montre que les coûts médians totaux de l’épisode-palustre variaient de 114$US dans les hôpitaux confessionnels à 173$US dans les hôpitaux d’Etat et 308$US dans les hôpitaux privés. Concernant l’analyse des dépenses de santé catastrophiques, leur incidence était de 81,1% lorsque le seuil était fixé à 40% de la capacité de payer, et était de 46,4% lorsque le seuil était fixé à 10% des dépenses totales. Quel que soit le seuil, l'incidence des dépenses de santé catastrophiques était plus élevée pour les ménages avec les enfants admis dans les hôpitaux d'Etat (ORa=3,7), les hôpitaux privés (ORa=59,1), les ménages pauvres (ORa=13) et de statut socio-économique moyen (ORa=3,2), les ménages dirigés par des femmes (ORa=2,9), les ménages avec un enfant touché par la forme neurologique (ORa=4,8) et une détresse respiratoire (ORa=3,6), les ménages qui étaient passés par une étape pré-hospitalière (ORa=2,7). Quant aux sources de financement, seulement 46 % des ménages déclaraient avoir eu la disponibilité financière nécessaire au niveau du budget du ménage. Le risque de l’endettement était significativement plus élevé principalement pour les ménages pauvres (ORa=6,2), les ménages avec un niveau socio-économique moyen (ORa=3,8) et les ménages travaillant dans le secteur informel (ORa=2,5); par contre le risque de vente des actifs était 2,4 fois plus élevé pour les ménages travaillant dans le secteur informel et 3,9 fois plus pour les ménages dirigés par des femmes. Conclusion Les résultats de ces analyses montrent que les enfants souffrant de paludisme grave, hospitalisés dans les hôpitaux de l’Etat et Confessionnels provenaient plus fréquemment des zones à moyenne et forte transmission palustre, de ménages avec des conditions socio-économiques défavorables. Les attitudes thérapeutiques irrationnelles étaient pour la majorité des ménages pauvres les premiers recours dans le cadre de la prise en charge de l’enfant souffrant de paludisme grave. La majorité des ménages avait éprouvé des difficultés financières dans le paiement des frais des soins pour l’épisode palustre. Cette situation a amené la plupart des ménages pauvres à recourir soit à la vente d'un bien ou à l'endettement pour s'acquitter de la facture des soins. Promouvoir et développer des stratégies efficaces de protection sociale privilégiant la mutualisation des risques, les systèmes de prépaiement, l'instauration d'un système de santé publique axé sur les plus pauvres et la mise en place des mécanismes équitables et durables de financement du secteur de la santé réduirait la charge économique du paludisme grave et éviteraient à la plupart des ménages de débourser dans un laps de temps aussi court que 3 à 4 jours, les sommes importantes d’argent nécessaires pour la prise en charge du paludisme grave de l’enfant. Mots clés: caractéristiques des ménages, manifestations cliniques et biologique, coûts directs et indirects, dépenses de santé catastrophiques, itinéraires thérapeutiques, paludisme grave, enfant, Kinshasa Severe child malaria is a deadly disease in numerous tropical and subtropical areas. Its management requires expensive means, resulting in a great strain on the economy of households. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), households must directly pay for the management costs, as social security is almost inexistent. Despite the 2001 Abidjan conference, asking African heads of states to dedicate 15% of national budgets to health, the budget of health care remains extremely low in the DRC. The financial charge was progressively transferred on households, who become extremely pauperized. The state subvention alone is not sufficient to meet the population needs. Objectives and hypotheses The following hypotheses were set: - Children suffering from severe malaria mostly originate from households living in adverse socio-economic conditions; and are frequently hospitalized in non-private hospitals. - Therapeutic behaviours adopted by the majority of households are irrational; management costs of severe malaria are beyond their means and/or catastrophic for the majority of households. In order to test these hypotheses, the following objectives were fixed: - To describe the characteristics of households for children hospitalised because of severe malaria and factors associated with malaria lethality in Kinshasa reference hospitals; - To determine the possible influence of age and level of malaria transmission on clinical and biological manifestations of severe malaria in children; - On one hand, to analyse the therapeutic itineraries according to the characteristics of households for children suffering from severe malaria, and on the other hand, to estimate the duration of pre-hospital clinical signs and malaria lethality according to the itinerary; - To estimate the direct and indirect costs related to the management of severe malaria in children under the age of 15 in Kinshasa reference hospitals; - To estimate the incidence of catastrophic health expenditures on households, within the frameworks of management of children suffering from severe malaria in Kinshasa; - To determine the funding sources of management costs for children suffering from severe malaria in Kinshasa hospitals. Method The present PhD is based on epidemiological and clinical, as well as on medical and economic analyses, carried out in reference Hospitals of Kinshasa in 2011; 1,350 children hospitalised because of severe malaria allowed collecting needed data. Main results Seventy-five percent of children hospitalised because of severe malaria were originating form low and middle socioeconomic level, mainly for children hospitalised in State and Confessional hospitals. More than half children hospitalised for severe malaria were coming from areas where malaria transmission is either elevated or moderate. The lethality rate (5.9%, considering all children) differed according to the type of hospital: 5.3% in state hospitals, 8.4% in private hospitals and 4.0% in confessional hospitals. Malaria lethality was higher among children aged 12 to 59 months (8.4%) and among children coming from high transmission area (11.0%). A higher lethality was observed when vascular collapse was diagnosed (ORa= 10.3), if more than two associated syndromes were observed (ORa=3.5), for a ≤ -2 z-score weight for age (ORa=3.5), in case of late recourse (ORa=4.9), when the body temperature reached 40°C and above (ORa=2.9), in case of respiratory distress (ORa=1.9) and when parents were tenants (ORa=2.8). For what therapeutic behaviours adopted by households were concerned, 31.5% of households directly resorted to a health centre or to the hospital (modern structures). The first option most often selected was self-medication (61.5%). The cost analysis highlighted that the median total costs of malarial disease management reached 114.00 USD in confessional hospitals, 173.00 USD in State hospitals and 308.00 USD in private hospitals. Regarding the analysis of catastrophic health expenditures, their incidence reached 81.1% when the threshold was fixed at 40% of the capacity to pay, and 46.4% if the same threshold was fixed at 10% of total expenditures. Whatever the threshold, the incidence of catastrophic health expenditures was higher for households whom children were cared in state hospitals (ORa=3.7), in private hospitals (ORa=59.1), for poor households (ORa=13), for households falling into the category of middle socioeconomic level (ORa=3.2), for female-headed households (ORa=2.9), for households whom child suffered from the neurological form of the disease (ORa=4.8) or presenting respiratory distress (ORa=3.6), and, at last, for households who first opted for a pre-hospitalisation recourse (ORa=2.7). For what funding sources are concerned, only 46.0% of households declared having the required financial means at their disposal, in terms of household budget. The risk of debt was significantly higher for poor households (ORa=6.2), for households of middle socioeconomic level (ORa=3.8) and for households working in the informal sector (ORa=2.5). On the other hand, the risk of selling assets was 2.4 times higher for households working in the informal sector and 3.9 times more elevated for female-headed households. Conclusion The results of these analyses highlight that severe forms of child malaria were more often observed in households with unfavourable socioeconomic conditions and in areas where malaria transmission is moderate and high, and were frequently hospitalized in State and Confessional hospitals. Irrational therapeutic behaviours were, for the majority of households, one of the barriers identified within the frameworks of the fight against malaria in children. Most households suffered financial difficulties to pay healthcare expenditures resulting from the child disease. Such situation led most households to sell a good or to contract debt in order to settle the care bill. To promote and develop efficient strategies of social protection, based on risk sharing, prepayment systems and the implementation of a public health system centred on the poorest households, as well as the implementation of fair and sustainable mechanisms of the health sector financing, would contribute to the reduction of severe malaria charge; all these options would also spare households to pay, in a concentrated period of 3-4 days, the important expenditures related to the management of severe child malaria. Keywords: household characteristics, clinical manifestations, direct and indirect costs, severe malaria, child, treatment-seeking path, households, catastrophic expenditures, Kinshasa, Doctorat en Sciences de la santé publique, info:eu-repo/semantics/published
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11. Influence de l'âge et du niveau de transmission sur l'expression clinique et biologique du paludisme grave de l'enfant
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Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, Levêque, Alain, Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle, Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, Levêque, Alain, and Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle
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Introduction: This study aimed to determine the influence of the age and the level of malaria transmission on the clinical and biological expression of severe malaria in children. Methods: A prospective descriptive study was conducted in nine referral hospitals in Kinshasa. A total of 1350 children, less than 15 years old and hospitalized for severe malaria, were progressively included in the study between January and November 2011. Results: The majority of these children (74.5%) were less than 5 years of age. Major syndromes were severe anemia (11.4%), cerebral malaria (27.1%), and respiratory distress (20.5%). Severe anemia and cerebral malaria were associated with the age of the child and not the area transmission. On the other hand, respiratory distress was associated with high malaria transmission areas (P < 0.05). After adjustment, these associations were maintained. High malaria lethality was observed in the group of children aged 12-59 months (11.6%) and those from areas of high malaria transmission (8.4%). Conclusion: The child's age and level of transmission are associated with certain severe types of childhood malaria. Early and appropriate support would reduce the most fatal consequences associated with severe childhood malaria., SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published
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12. Prevalence of tuberculosis and associated risk factors in the Central Prison of Mbuji-Mayi, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Kalonji, Guillaume MuasaPatoka, primary, De Connick, Gérard, additional, Okenge Ngongo, Léon, additional, Kazumba Nsaka, Dieudonné, additional, Kabengele, Thierry, additional, Tshimungu Kandolo, Félicien, additional, Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, additional, Adelin, Albert, additional, and Giet, Didier, additional
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13. Treatment-seeking paths in the management of severe malaria in children under 15 years of age treated in reference hospitals of Kinshasa, democratic republic of Congo
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Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, Levêque, Alain, Ngongo, Léon Okenge, Laokri, Samia, Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle, Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, Levêque, Alain, Ngongo, Léon Okenge, Laokri, Samia, and Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle
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Background: In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), few studies have focused on treatment-seeking paths selected by caretakers for the management of severe childhood malaria in an urban environment. The present study aims at describing the treatment-seeking paths according to the characteristics of households, as well as the subsequent impact on pre-hospitalization delay and malarial fatality and on the main syndromes associated with severe childhood malaria. Methods: This descriptive study included data collected at nine hospitals in Kinshasa between January and November 2011. A total of 1,350 children, under 15 years of age and hospitalized for severe malaria, were included in the study. Results: Regarding the management of malaria, 31.5% of households went directly to the health centre or hospital while 68.5% opted for self-medication, church and/or traditional healing therapy. The most frequent first-line option was self-medication, adopted by more than 61.5% of households. Nevertheless, rational self-medication using antimalarial drugs recommended by the WHO (artemisinin-based combinations) was reported for only 5.5% of children. Only 12.5% of households combined 2 or 3 traditional options. The following criteria influenced the choice of a modern vs. traditional path: household socioeconomic level, residential environment, maternal education level and religious beliefs. When caretakers opted for traditional healing therapy, the pre-hospitalization delay was longer and the occurrence of respiratory distress, severe anaemia and mortality was higher. Conclusion: The implementation of a malaria action plan in the Democratic Republic of Congo should take into account the diversity and pluralistic character of treatment-seeking behaviors in order to promote the most appropriate options (hospital and rational self-medication) and to avoid detrimental outcomes., SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published
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14. Caractéristiques des ménages des enfants hospitalisés pour paludisme grave et facteurs associés à la létalité palustre à Kinshasa (République démocratique du Congo)
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Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, Levêque, Alain, Donnen, Philippe, Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle, Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, Levêque, Alain, Donnen, Philippe, and Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle
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Background: Malaria is a major health problem in tropical Africa. In DRC, little is known about the characteristics of households of children with severe malaria or the factors associated with its lethality, especially relative to hospital status. Methods: This study of 9 hospitals of the cityprovince of Kinshasa studied 1350 children younger than 15 years and hospitalized for severe malaria from January to November 2011. Results: More than three quarters of children admitted to public (state) and church hospitals were from poor households and with uneducated mothers (P < 0.001). The case-fatality rate (5.9% of all children) differed according to hospital status: 5.3% in state hospitals, 8.4% in private hospitals, and 4.0% in the faithbased hospitals (P < 0.001). The risk of death was significantly associated with circulatory collapse (odds ratio, OR = 10.3), number of associated syndromes>2 (OR = 3.5), z-score of weight-for-age ≤-2 (OR = 3.5), delay in seeking medical care (OR = 4.9), body temperature ≥40°C (OR = 2.9), respiratory distress (OR = 1.9) and home rental (versus ownership) a tenant (OR = 2.8), and anorexia was a protective factor (odds ratio = 0.5). Conclusion: Severe cases of malaria are rife Epiin poor households and periurban residential areas. Orienting prevention, control, and care- according to the vulnerability of affected households and providing early treatment are imperative if we are to reduce mortality from malaria., SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published
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15. Financement de la prise en charge du paludisme grave de l'enfant par les ménages à Kinshasa, République Démocratique du Congo
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Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, Levêque, Alain, Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle, Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, Levêque, Alain, and Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle
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Introduction: The objective of this study was to determine the source of health care funding for heads of households related to the management of severe malaria in children admitted to a Kinshasa reference hospital. Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 1,350 hospitalised children under the age of 15 years treated for severe malaria in Kinshasa reference hospitals from January to November 2011 and the heads of households of these children. Results: Only 46% of heads of households reported having sufficient funds directly available in the household budget. The remaining 54% had to call upon external sources of funding (sale of assets, loans, pawning goods). The use of a loan tended to increase significantly mainly for households with a low (adjusted odds ratio = 6.2), and intermediate socioeconomic status (adjusted odds ratio = 3.8) and for households working in the informal sector (adjusted odds ratio = 2.5). Similarly, the sale of assets was more frequently reported for households working in the informal sector (adjusted odds ratio = 2.4) ) and for female heads of households (adjusted odds ratio = 3.9). Conclusion: The management of severe malaria is a burden on household income. The majority of heads of households concerned needs to use external funding sources. A State subsidy for this management would help to reduce the risk of debt and sale of assets, especially for the poorest households., SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published
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16. Children hospitalized with severe malaria in Kinshasa (Democratic Republic of Congo): household characteristics and factors associated with mortalities.
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Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, Levêque, Alain, Donnen, Philippe, Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle, Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, Levêque, Alain, Donnen, Philippe, and Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle
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17. Le paludisme grave de l'enfant: profil des ménages, aspects épidémio-cliniques, et analyse de coûts de prise en charge dans les hôpitaux de Kinshasa, République Démocratique du Congo
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Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle, Levêque, Alain, Pirson, Magali, Dujardin, Bruno, Boelaert, Marleen, Laokri, Samia, Donnen, Philippe, Macq, Jean, Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle, Levêque, Alain, Pirson, Magali, Dujardin, Bruno, Boelaert, Marleen, Laokri, Samia, Donnen, Philippe, Macq, Jean, and Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien
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Le paludisme grave de l’enfant est une maladie potentiellement mortelle dans de nombreuses zones tropicales et subtropicales. Sa prise en charge nécessite des moyens coûteux et pèse lourdement sur l’économie des ménages. En République Démocratique du Congo, les ménages sont obligés de débourser directement les frais de prise en charge, faute de la quasi-inexistence de la sécurité sociale. En dépit de la conférence d’Abidjan 2001, demandant aux chefs d’Etats africains de consacrer 15% des budgets nationaux à la santé, le budget alloué à la santé en RDC reste faible. La charge financière s’est transférée graduellement sur les ménages qui sont paupérisés à l’extrême. La subvention de l’Etat seule ne suffit plus à subvenir aux besoins de la population. Objectifs et hypothèses.Les hypothèses suivantes ont été posées, Doctorat en Sciences de la santé publique, info:eu-repo/semantics/nonPublished
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18. Financement de la prise en charge du paludisme grave de l’enfant par les ménages à Kinshasa, République Démocratique du Congo
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Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, primary, Levêque, Alain, additional, and Dramaix, Michèle, additional
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- 2015
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19. Treatment-seeking Paths in the Management of Severe Malaria in Children under 15 Years of Age Treated in Reference Hospitals of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, primary, Levêque, Alain, additional, Ngongo, Léon Okenge, additional, Laokri, Samia, additional, and Dramaix, Michèle, additional
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- 2015
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20. Costs of treatment of children affected by severe malaria in reference hospitals of Kinshasa, democratic Republic of Congo
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Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, Levêque, Alain, Ngongo, Léon Okenge, Kandolo, Félicien Tshimungu, Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle, Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, Levêque, Alain, Ngongo, Léon Okenge, Kandolo, Félicien Tshimungu, and Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle
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Introduction: Malaria remains a real problem of public health. Its hospital care generates important expenditures for affected households. The present study aimed to estimate direct and indirect costs of severe child malaria in reference hospitals in Kinshasa., SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published
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21. Incidence of catastrophic health expenditures for households: An example of medical attention for the treatment of severe childhood malaria in Kinshasa reference hospitals, Democratic Republic of Congo.
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Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, Levêque, Alain, Laokri, Samia, Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle, Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, Levêque, Alain, Laokri, Samia, and Dramaix Wilmet, Michèle
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This study aimed to estimate the incidence of catastrophic health expenditures faced by households in Kinshasa with children affected by severe malaria. A total of 1350 children below the age of 15 year who were hospitalized due to severe malaria were included in the study. We analyzed the incidence of households facing catastrophic expenditures according to two thresholds: 40% of the household's capacity to pay and 10% of the household's total consumption. Based on the '40% of the capacity to pay' threshold, the incidence of catastrophic health expenditures reached 81.1%, and this estimate reached 46.4% for the '10% above total consumption' threshold. Regarding the ≥40% capacity to pay threshold, the incidences of catastrophic expenditures was higher among households with children who were admitted to state hospitals (adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 3.7) and private hospitals (aOR 59.1), for poor households (aOR 13), for households with medium socioeconomic statuses (aOR 3.2), for female-headed households (aOR 2.9), for households with children affected by the neurological form (aOR 4.8) and respiratory distress (aOR 3.6), and for households who opted for a pre-hospital resort (aOR 2.7). Similar results were obtained when the 10% above the total consumption threshold was applied. Greater government financing of medical attention would lead to a reduction in the catastrophic health expenditures faced by the poorest households., SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published
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22. Costs of treatment of children affected by severe malaria in reference hospitals of Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo
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Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, primary, Levêque, Alain, additional, Okenge Ngongo, Léon, additional, Tshimungu Kandolo, Félicien, additional, and Dramaix, Michèle, additional
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23. Untreated villages and factors associated with the absence of Community-Directed Treatment with Ivermectin (CDTI) in DRC.
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Bof, Jean-Claude Makenga, Tshitoka, Fortunat Ntumba, Mukendi, Dieudonne Mpunga, Mankadi, Paul Mansiangi, Ilunga-Ilunga, Félicien, and Coppieters, Yves
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Introduction: The African Programme for Onchocerciasis Control (APOC), the main objective of which was the Community-Directed Treatment with Ivermectin (CDTI), was closed by the end of 2015. The purpose of this study was to describe untreated villages in DRC and to assess the factors associated with the absence of CDTI in endemic villages, between 2001 and 2014. Methodology: This retrospective study was descriptive. Several annual technical reports of the National Onchocerciasis Task Force (NOTF) and national technical reports of CDTI projects were analysed; 21 projects implemented to control the disease were considered, representing the coverage of 42,778 endemic villages. Data were collected over a 3 month-period, between October and December 2016. Results: Only 15,700 endemic villages were not treated through an annual CDT with Mectizan, i.e. 36.7%. The population at risk totalled 29,712,381 individuals and 7,681,995 of them were not treated, i.e. 25.9%. Eight projects recorded high proportions of untreated villages, i.e. 7,100 endemic entities (16.6%). Factors independently associated with non-treatment were the fear of serious side effects (adjusted OR: 10.6; 95% CI: 4.5-27.7), supply impaired by insecurity (adjusted OR: 15.9; 95% CI: 6.7-41.4) and geographical inaccessibility (adjusted OR: 19; 95% CI: 6.9-63.9). Conclusion: After 15 CDTI-cycles in DRC, the mean geographical coverage and therapeutic coverage rates reached 63.3% and 74.1%, respectively. The 2025 target of onchocerciasis eradication, as advocated by APOC, will not be reached. Untreated areas are partly responsible for such results. Many weaknesses persist in the National Program for Onchocerciasis Control (NPOC) and new strategies of disease control should be investigated. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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24. [Factors associated with prison survival: Study in the Democratic Republic of Congo].
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Kalonji GMP, Ngongo Okenge L, Ilunga-Ilunga F, Albert A, and Giet D
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- Adolescent, Adult, Aged, Democratic Republic of the Congo epidemiology, Humans, Middle Aged, Retrospective Studies, Risk Factors, Survival Analysis, Young Adult, Prisoners statistics & numerical data, Prisons
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Objective: The objective of this study was to identify factors associated with survival among prisoners at Mbuji-Mayi Central Prison, in Democratic Republic of Congo between January 2014 and December 2016., Methods: This is a retrospective cohort study. The mortality rate was calculated during the 3-year follow-up period and the Kaplan-Meier survival curve was determined. Cox regression and risk ratio (HR) were used to analyze and quantify factors associated with survival. The study involved a total of 793 inmates., Results: The average age of inmates was 33 ± 10 years (extremes: 17-67 years). The median follow-up time was 12 months for a total of 7,513 person-months. The number of deaths recorded was 135, for a mortality rate of 17.9/1,000 person-months. Risk factors associated with death were malnutrition (HR = 17.5; 95% CI = [12.1; 25.4]) and tuberculosis (HR = 11.8; 95% CI = [7.7; 17.8])., Conclusion: This study highlights a high rate of deaths in prisons and identifies the two potential factors (malnutrition and tuberculosis) that prison and health authorities need to address.
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25. [Funding of the management of severe malaria in children by Kinshasa households (Democratic Republic of Congo)].
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Ilunga-Ilunga F, Levêque A, and Dramaix M
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- Child, Child, Preschool, Cross-Sectional Studies, Delivery of Health Care economics, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Family Characteristics, Female, Financing, Personal statistics & numerical data, Hospitalization economics, Humans, Infant, Malaria economics, Male, Severity of Illness Index, Delivery of Health Care organization & administration, Financing, Personal economics, Malaria therapy, Poverty
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Introduction: The objective of this study was to determine the source of health care funding for heads of households related to the management of severe malaria in children admitted to a Kinshasa reference hospital., Methods: This cross-sectional study was conducted on 1,350 hospitalised children under the age of 15 years treated for severe malaria in Kinshasa reference hospitals from January to November 2011 and the heads of households of these children., Results: Only 46% of heads of households reported having sufficient funds directly available in the household budget. The remaining 54% had to call upon external sources of funding (sale of assets, loans, pawning goods). The use of a loan tended to increase significantly mainly for households with a low (adjusted odds ratio = 6.2), and intermediate socioeconomic status (adjusted odds ratio = 3.8) and for households working in the informal sector (adjusted odds ratio = 2.5). Similarly, the sale of assets was more frequently reported for households working in the informal sector (adjusted odds ratio = 2.4) and for female heads of households (adjusted odds ratio = 3.9)., Conclusion: The management of severe malaria is a burden on household income. The majority of heads of households concerned needs to use external funding sources. A State subsidy for this management would help to reduce the risk of debt and sale of assets, especially for the poorest households.
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