Mohamed Ali Ag Ahmed
Biographic Data
| ID | 6910291 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Mohamed Ali Ag Ahmed |
| GIVEN NAMES | Mohamed Ali Ag |
| FAMILY NAME | Ahmed |
| SIGNATURE | AHMED M A A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Université de Sherbrooke |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9374-871X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Systemic challenges in the supply and distribution of medicines in conflict-affected areas of Mali
BACKGROUND: The conflicts that have been ongoing for over a decade in different Sahel countries, including Mali, have a negative impact on the supply and distribution of medicines. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to identify and analyze the key contextual challenges affecting the supply and distribution of medicines in conflict-affected areas in Mali. METHODS: This study adopts a qualitative study design. First, we conducted 28 interviews with key sta…
Contextual constraints and dilemmas influencing health providers’ prescription practices in a conflict-affected area
Armed conflicts present complex, multidimensional challenges that severely compromise both access to and the quality of healthcare, including the adequate prescription of essential medicines. This study aimed to identify and understand the factors underlying the irrational prescribing of medicine in areas affected by armed conflict in the Mopti region in Mali. An exploratory qualitative study was conducted using a semi-structured interview guide …
Irrational medicine use and its associated factors in conflict-affected areas in Mali
BACKGROUND: Rational use of essential medicines is a critical step towards prevention and treatment of many illnesses. However, it represents a significant challenge worldwide, and particularly for under-resourced health systems in conflict-affected areas. OBJECTIVE: To assess barriers to rational use of essential medicines at primary healthcare level in conflict-affected areas of Mali. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study in twenty rand…
Prevalence and factors associated with maternal and neonatal sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa
Quality of care for chronic conditions
There is a growing need to implement high quality chronic care to address the global burden of chronic conditions. However, to our knowledge, there have been no systematic attempts to define and specify aims for chronic care quality. To address this gap, we conducted a scoping review and Delphi survey to establish and validate comprehensive specifications. The Institute of Medicine's (IOM) quality of care definition and aims were used as the foun…
A framework for chronic care quality
Frameworks conceptualising the quality of care abound and vary; some concentrate on specific aspects such as safety, effectiveness, others all-encompassing. However, to our knowledge, tailoring to systematically arrive at a comprehensive care for chronic conditions quality (CCCQ) framework has never been done. We conducted a scoping review and Delphi survey to produce a CCCQ framework, comprehensively delineating aims, determinants and measurable…
Implementation of lockdown, quarantine, and isolation measures in the context of Covid-19 among internally displaced persons in Burkina Faso
Although there were no known cases of COVID-19 among the IDPs at the time of the study, tailored response plans were developed to facilitate the application of these measures in emergencies. The involvement of IDPs in the communication and sensitization process was necessary to facilitate their adherence to these different measures
Conditions for health system resilience in the response to the Covid-19 pandemic in Mauritania
INTRODUCTION: A country's ability to manage a crisis depends on its level of resilience. Efforts are made to clarify the concept of health system resilience, but its operationalisation remains little studied. In the present research, we described the capacity of the local healthcare system in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, in West Africa, to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: We used a single case study with two health districts as un…
“If We Don’t Regroup, Hunger Will Kill Us…”
This study contributes to the body of knowledge on IDPs in the context of security crisis related to terrorism. Very little research has been done on covid-19 amongst IDPs in Africa and this is one of the first studies in Burkina Faso. Our diversified sample allowed us to consider the discourses of humanitarian actors working with IDPs, but also the discourses of IDPs in a context of aggravated health and security crisis. The challenges encounter…
Challenges and difficulties in implementing and adopting isolation and quarantine measures among internally displaced people during the Covid-19 pandemic in Mali (161/250)
The findings of this study could be used as evidence to guide policy, adjust current strategies and take into account with more focus IDPs, a group with increased vulnerability, in COVID-19 response, more precisely during the implementation of isolation and quarantine measures. By doing so, they will help improve the response to COVID-19, IDPs health, and population health
How Can Health Systems Better Prepare for the Next Pandemic? Lessons Learned From the Management of Covid-19 in Quebec (Canada)
The magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic challenged societies around our globalized world. To contain the spread of the virus, unprecedented and drastic measures and policies were put in place by governments to manage an exceptional health care situation while maintaining other essential services. The responses of many governments showed a lack of preparedness to face this systemic and global health crisis. Drawing on field observations and availab…
Evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic over six weeks in four French-speaking countries in West Africa
Over the first six weeks of COVID-19, the incidence of the disease increased rapidly in Guinea which performed more screening tests than the other three countries; Mali and Burkina Faso had higher positivity and case fatality rates, respectively
Challenges to the implementation and adoption of physical distancing measures against Covid-19 by internally displaced people in Mali
The study demonstrates the difficulty for IDPs to follow most of the physical distancing measures and informs about the risk of disease spreading among IDPs with its potential consequences. It also shows the inability of mitigation measures to control the outbreak and suggests actions to be considered
Willingness to comply with physical distancing measures against Covid-19 in four African countries
box The world is facing an unprecedented crisis related to the COVID-19 pandemic with many unknowns, which has led to much confusion and anxiety.1 Public health measures have for centuries been the cornerstone of the response to epidemics.2 Among them, physical distancing measures aim to reduce contact between infected and uninfected people.3 As part of the global COVID-19 response, they have been widely used to slow down the spread of the virus …
The Covid-19 pandemic
It is very exceptional that a new disease becomes a true pandemic. Since its emergence in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19, has spread to nearly all countries of the world in only a few months. However, in different countries, the COVID-19 epidemic takes variable shapes and forms in how it affects communities. Until now, the insights gained on COVID-19 have be…
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Artificial intelligence in health care
The World Health Organization and other institutions are considering Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a technology that can potentially address some health system gaps, especially the reduction of global health inequalities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, because most AI-based health applications are developed and implemented in high-income countries, their use in LMICs contexts is recent and there is a lack of robust local e…
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Willingness to comply with physical distancing measures against Covid-19 in four African countries
box The world is facing an unprecedented crisis related to the COVID-19 pandemic with many unknowns, which has led to much confusion and anxiety.1 Public health measures have for centuries been the cornerstone of the response to epidemics.2 Among them, physical distancing measures aim to reduce contact between infected and uninfected people.3 As part of the global COVID-19 response, they have been widely used to slow down the spread of the virus …
The Covid-19 pandemic
It is very exceptional that a new disease becomes a true pandemic. Since its emergence in Wuhan, China, in late 2019, severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), the virus that causes COVID-19, has spread to nearly all countries of the world in only a few months. However, in different countries, the COVID-19 epidemic takes variable shapes and forms in how it affects communities. Until now, the insights gained on COVID-19 have be…
Au-delà de l’évaluation des bénéfices
Artificial intelligence in health care
The World Health Organization and other institutions are considering Artificial Intelligence (AI) as a technology that can potentially address some health system gaps, especially the reduction of global health inequalities in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). However, because most AI-based health applications are developed and implemented in high-income countries, their use in LMICs contexts is recent and there is a lack of robust local e…
How Can Health Systems Better Prepare for the Next Pandemic? Lessons Learned From the Management of Covid-19 in Quebec (Canada)
The magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic challenged societies around our globalized world. To contain the spread of the virus, unprecedented and drastic measures and policies were put in place by governments to manage an exceptional health care situation while maintaining other essential services. The responses of many governments showed a lack of preparedness to face this systemic and global health crisis. Drawing on field observations and availab…
Evolution of the Covid-19 pandemic over six weeks in four French-speaking countries in West Africa
Over the first six weeks of COVID-19, the incidence of the disease increased rapidly in Guinea which performed more screening tests than the other three countries; Mali and Burkina Faso had higher positivity and case fatality rates, respectively
Challenges to the implementation and adoption of physical distancing measures against Covid-19 by internally displaced people in Mali
The study demonstrates the difficulty for IDPs to follow most of the physical distancing measures and informs about the risk of disease spreading among IDPs with its potential consequences. It also shows the inability of mitigation measures to control the outbreak and suggests actions to be considered
Challenges and difficulties in implementing and adopting isolation and quarantine measures among internally displaced people during the Covid-19 pandemic in Mali (161/250)
The findings of this study could be used as evidence to guide policy, adjust current strategies and take into account with more focus IDPs, a group with increased vulnerability, in COVID-19 response, more precisely during the implementation of isolation and quarantine measures. By doing so, they will help improve the response to COVID-19, IDPs health, and population health
Conditions for health system resilience in the response to the Covid-19 pandemic in Mauritania
INTRODUCTION: A country's ability to manage a crisis depends on its level of resilience. Efforts are made to clarify the concept of health system resilience, but its operationalisation remains little studied. In the present research, we described the capacity of the local healthcare system in the Islamic Republic of Mauritania, in West Africa, to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. METHODS: We used a single case study with two health districts as un…
“If We Don’t Regroup, Hunger Will Kill Us…”
This study contributes to the body of knowledge on IDPs in the context of security crisis related to terrorism. Very little research has been done on covid-19 amongst IDPs in Africa and this is one of the first studies in Burkina Faso. Our diversified sample allowed us to consider the discourses of humanitarian actors working with IDPs, but also the discourses of IDPs in a context of aggravated health and security crisis. The challenges encounter…
Prevalence and factors associated with maternal and neonatal sepsis in sub-Saharan Africa
Quality of care for chronic conditions
There is a growing need to implement high quality chronic care to address the global burden of chronic conditions. However, to our knowledge, there have been no systematic attempts to define and specify aims for chronic care quality. To address this gap, we conducted a scoping review and Delphi survey to establish and validate comprehensive specifications. The Institute of Medicine's (IOM) quality of care definition and aims were used as the foun…
A framework for chronic care quality
Frameworks conceptualising the quality of care abound and vary; some concentrate on specific aspects such as safety, effectiveness, others all-encompassing. However, to our knowledge, tailoring to systematically arrive at a comprehensive care for chronic conditions quality (CCCQ) framework has never been done. We conducted a scoping review and Delphi survey to produce a CCCQ framework, comprehensively delineating aims, determinants and measurable…
Implementation of lockdown, quarantine, and isolation measures in the context of Covid-19 among internally displaced persons in Burkina Faso
Although there were no known cases of COVID-19 among the IDPs at the time of the study, tailored response plans were developed to facilitate the application of these measures in emergencies. The involvement of IDPs in the communication and sensitization process was necessary to facilitate their adherence to these different measures
Contextual constraints and dilemmas influencing health providers’ prescription practices in a conflict-affected area
Armed conflicts present complex, multidimensional challenges that severely compromise both access to and the quality of healthcare, including the adequate prescription of essential medicines. This study aimed to identify and understand the factors underlying the irrational prescribing of medicine in areas affected by armed conflict in the Mopti region in Mali. An exploratory qualitative study was conducted using a semi-structured interview guide …
Irrational medicine use and its associated factors in conflict-affected areas in Mali
BACKGROUND: Rational use of essential medicines is a critical step towards prevention and treatment of many illnesses. However, it represents a significant challenge worldwide, and particularly for under-resourced health systems in conflict-affected areas. OBJECTIVE: To assess barriers to rational use of essential medicines at primary healthcare level in conflict-affected areas of Mali. METHODS: We conducted a cross-sectional study in twenty rand…
Systemic challenges in the supply and distribution of medicines in conflict-affected areas of Mali
BACKGROUND: The conflicts that have been ongoing for over a decade in different Sahel countries, including Mali, have a negative impact on the supply and distribution of medicines. OBJECTIVE: This study aims to identify and analyze the key contextual challenges affecting the supply and distribution of medicines in conflict-affected areas in Mali. METHODS: This study adopts a qualitative study design. First, we conducted 28 interviews with key sta…
Medicine (14 works) · Political science (12 works) · Pandemic (9 works) · Viral Infections and Outbreaks Research (8 works) · Geography (7 works) · Nursing (7 works) · COVID-19 epidemiological studies (6 works) · Economic growth (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Economics (5 works)