Mouhamadou Faly Ba

Biographic Data

ID5655586
NAMEMouhamadou Faly Ba
GIVEN NAMESMouhamadou Faly
FAMILY NAMEBa
SIGNATUREBA M F
AFFILIATIONSCheikh Anta Diop University
ORCID0000-0002-1898-738X
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS12
TOTAL CITATIONS1
AUTHOR COUNT12
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2022
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX1

  • Operationalizing the One Health approach at the intersection of research and development

    Open AccessMarine Hubert, Magali Martin et al.ARTICLEGlobal Health Action2026

    Small-scale livestock farming remains central to food security and income-generation in several low and middle countries (LMIC), but it can also be an important source of zoonoses in areas where access to water and sanitation is poor. The role played by women in this sector is often overlooked. ELUZO is an international, intersectoral, and multidisciplinary One Health project that aims to reduce the impact of zoonotic diseases and empower women i…

  • Factors associated with Senegalese health workers’ willingness to receive mobile digital payments

    Open AccessAmadou Ibra Diallo, Mouhamadou Faly Ba et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2025

    INTRODUCTION: Although Senegal began digitising servants' salaries in 2004, payments to community health workers have not yet followed suit. This study explored factors associated with health professionals' and community health workers' willingness to receive payments via mobile digital systems. METHODOLOGY: We carried out a cross-sectional study, from October to December 2023 among healthcare staff and community health workers using telephone su…

  • Trends in female genital mutilation (FGM) among Senegalese women and their daughters

    Open AccessNdèye Marème Sougou, Mouhamadou Faly Ba et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2025

    Female genital mutilation (FGM) is a deeply rooted practice in Senegal, generally affecting girls at a very young age. The prevalence of FGM has remained virtually unchanged for at least two decades. The aim of this study is to identify the factors associated with the evolution of this practice in Senegal. This study is a secondary analysis of data extracted from the Senegalese Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) from 2015 to 2023. The record in…

  • Knowledge, attitudes, and practices of health care professionals regarding dengue fever

    Open AccessRoméo Mèdéssè Togan, Amadou Ibra Diallo et al.ARTICLEFrontiers in Public Health2024

    Background: Health statistics on dengue are virtually non-existent, despite the fact that the virus is circulating in Togo. This study aimed to assess the knowledge, attitudes, and practices (KAP) of health professionals in the Kara health region. Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from March to June 2022 among healthcare professionals who had worked in the Kara region of northern Togo were selected using an exhaustive recruitment met…

  • Factors associated with diabetes knowledge, attitudes and practices among people aged 18 and over in the commune of Niakhene in Senegal

    Open AccessAmadou Ibra Diallo, Cheikh Mbacke Dieng et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    More than 422 million people worldwide have diabetes in 2016, and 1.6 million deaths are attributed to diabetes each year. Knowledge of preventive measures would enable the adjustment of preventive policies. Hence this study on knowledge and practices in rural Senegal. This was a cross-sectional, descriptive and analytical survey of subjects aged at least 18 and living in the commune of Niakhene, carried out in October 2020. A systematic random s…

  • Cross-sectional study on intention to be vaccinated against Coronavirus Disease 2019 (Covid-19) in Benin and Senegal

    Open AccessIbrahima Gaye, Valery Ridde et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    Vaccination is considered one of the solutions to the Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. However, a small proportion of the population were fully vaccinated in Benin (20.9%) and Senegal (7.6%) by December 2022. This study explores the determinants of intent to vaccinate. This was a cross-sectional, descriptive, and analytical study of 865 Beninese and 813 Senegalese aged 18 years and older. Marginal quota sampling by age, gender and re…

  • Determinants of timely administration of the birth dose of hepatitis B vaccine in Senegal in 2019

    Open AccessOumar Bassoum, Mouhamadou Faly Ba et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2024

    In developing countries, hepatitis B is spread primarily by the perinatal or horizontal route. Thus, the Senegalese government recommends administering the birth dose of the hepatitis B vaccine (HepB0) within 24 hours of birth. The objective was to identify the determinants of timely administration of HepB0 in Senegal in 2019. A secondary analysis of the demographic and health survey was carried out. The study population consisted of children age…

  • Use of interviewer-administered telephone surveys during infectious disease outbreaks, epidemics and pandemics

    Open AccessSayaka Arita, Mouhamadou Faly Ba et al.ARTICLEBMJ Global Health2023

    INTRODUCTION: During the COVID-19 crisis, researchers had to collect data remotely. Telephone surveys and interviews can quickly gather data from a distance without heavy expense. Although interviewer-administered telephone surveys (IATS) can accommodate the needs of international public health research, the literature on their use during infectious disease outbreaks is scarce. This scoping review aimed to map the characteristics of IATS during i…

  • Acceptability of government measures against Covid-19 pandemic in Senegal

    Open AccessValery Ridde, Babacar Kane et al.ARTICLEPLOS Global Public Health2022

    While the first case of COVID-19 was declared on March 2 2020 in Senegal, the government banned the attendance of places of worship on 14 March, as a first measure. On March 23, it introduced a curfew, a ban on movement between regions, and the closure of markets. The objective of this study is to measure and understand the acceptability of these four governmental measures as well as the level of public trust in the state to fight the pandemic. W…

  • Knowledge of Covid-19 and the impact on indigents’ access to healthcare in Burkina Faso

    Open AccessEmmanuel Bonnet, Yvonne Beaugé et al.ARTICLEInternational Journal for Equity…2022

    This research indicates that COVID-19 is partially known and that prevention measures are not universally understood. The study contributes to reducing the fragmentation of knowledge, in particular on vulnerable and marginalized populations. Results should be useful for future interventions for the control of epidemics that aim to leave no one behind

  • Vaccination against tuberculosis, polio and hepatitis B at birth in Podor health district, Northern Senegal

    Open AccessOumar Bassoum, Ndèye Marème Sougou et al.ARTICLEBMC Public Health2022

    Timely administration of birth doses is a challenge in the Podor health district. The solutions would be improving geographic access to health facilities, involving community health workers, raising awareness and integrating health services

  • Factors that foster and challenge the sustainability of departmental health insurance units in Senegal

    Open AccessValery Ridde, Mouhamadou Faly Ba et al.ARTICLEInternational Social Security…2022Cited by: 1References: 3

    In an effort to establish universal health coverage (UHC), Senegal set up two departmental health insurance units (UDAM) to scale‐up health insurance to rural communities. Part of this innovation meant that health insurance was no longer managed by volunteers, but by professionals. Several years after the conclusion of the project in 2017 that supported their initial development, both UDAMs still operate successfully. This mixed methods research …