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“Nurses in some cases must be trained in emergency obstetric and neonatal care such as Cesarean section,” Interview with Prof. Serigne Magueye Gueye, President of the West African College of Surgeons

Contributions systèmes de santé
As part of the debate on health systems in West Africa, WATHI met with Professor Serigne Magueye Gueye, President of the West African College of Surgeons (WACS), to discuss the challenges of health systems in Africa. He answers our questions in this interview: What can be done to ensure wider and cheaper access to surgical…
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Burkina Faso: Thinking Security Out of Informality

Tribune
Oswald Padonou Burkina Faso’s parliamentarians may have unanimously adopted the law allowing for the recruitment of Volunteers for the Defense of the Fatherland (VDP) on Thursday, January 23, 2020, but it is unlikely that the Civilian Volunteer Corps that will be created and trained in 14 days will be able to change the security situation and…
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“Apart from the pharmaceutical sector, there is no government grant or policy to develop the other pharmaceutical sectors” Part 1

Contributions systèmes de santé
As part of the debate on health systems in West Africa, WATHI met with Dr. Falla Mané, President of the Union of Young Pharmacists of Senegal, to discuss the training and employment of young pharmacists as well as other challenges facing the pharmaceutical sector. He answers our questions in this first part of the interview:…
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COVID-19: Africa’s Renewal Will Either Be Political or Not

Contribution Covid-19
Amadou Sadjo Barry When it comes to fighting COVID-19 in Africa, economic considerations dominate the solutions proposed to limit the negative impact of containment measures. They are shaping the prospects for the possibility of another Africa that will emerge renewed by the coronavirus crisis. Although in the current emergency, one can understand the emphasis placed…
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Coronavirus: West African states put to the test of managing an extraordinary health crisis

Contribution Covid-19
Claude Biao The coronavirus pandemic spread rapidly across the African continent, with nearly 2,000 cases of infection reported in many countries. In West Africa, the affected countries including Senegal, Nigeria, Côte d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso and Togo are facing a health crisis of increasing intensity, prompting them to adopt exceptional measures to contain the spread of the virus.…
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Covid-19 in Senegal: Towards an “Open-air” Health System?

Contribution Covid-19
Abdoulaye Moussa Diallo Like other African countries, Senegal has adopted some social distancing measures to stop the spread of Covid-19. The Government, through the Ministry of Health and Social Action (MSAS), decided to close schools, suspend inter-city travel and impose a curfew from 8:00 p.m. to 6:00 a.m. The ultimate purpose was to raise public awareness of the…
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Combating Covid-19 in Africa, prevention as the main weapon

Contribution Covid-19
Babacar Ndiaye Covid-19, what a bleak picture for Africa. UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres’ “catastrophist” or even “eschatological” language on 27 March 2020 on France24 about the millions of deaths to be expected across the continent and the most appalling predictions in Western reports point to Africa as the region likely to be most affected by the…
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