%0 Journal Article
%T Community-Based Diagnosis for the Improvement of Maternal and Child Protection in the ASACOSEKASI Health Area in the Urban Area of Bamako (Mali)
%A Fane Seydou
%A Simpara Nouhoum
%A Camara Daouda
%A Sima Mamadou
%A Kant¨¦ Ibrahim
%A Bocoum Amadou
%A Sylla Cheickna
%A Traor¨¦ Oumar Soumana
%A Abdoul Razak Dicko
%A Ahmed Diallo
%A Bokary Diallo
%A Sissoko Abdoulaye
%A Kant¨¦ Ibrahim
%A Teguet¨¦ Ibrahima
%A Traor¨¦ Youssouf
%J Open Journal of Obstetrics and Gynecology
%P 1859-1868
%@ 2160-8806
%D 2023
%I Scientific Research Publishing
%R 10.4236/ojog.2023.1311157
%X The</span><span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> community diagnosis is an essential
approach to the resolution of health problems with the involvement of the
communities concerned who become object and subject</span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">.</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Improvingmaternal
and child health is a health priority for many developing countries, including
Mali. The objective was to study the role of community-based diagnosis in
improving maternal and child protection in a vulnerable urban com</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">munity
in a developing country.</span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> Methodology</span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">: This was a res</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">earch-action integrating a community diagnosis
conducted in March 2023. The involvement of several stakeholders, including
social actors including ASACO, membership card holders, district chiefs,
neighborhood delegates, local authorities, and health professionals, made it
possible to provide curative, preventive and promotional care. The</span></span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"> </span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ASACOSEKA Health Area was
used as a setting for</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> the study. The methodology
was the indicator approach, contact, document review, interview of CSCOM
patients, observation of the structure, prioritization of problems, development
of an action plan</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> and </span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">restitution of the report. </span><b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">Results: </span></b><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">The
monograph consisted of describing the characteristics of the study setting.
Indeed, the ASACOSEKASI area is located on the left bank of the Niger River,
with a population of 34</span></span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">,</span><span style=\"font-family:&quot;\"><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">497 inhabit</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\">ants.
The CSCOM presented to describe a medical unit, a maternity unit, a laboratory
unit, an ultrasound room and a medication storage room. The main pathologies
found were confirmed simple malaria (45.08%), high AKI: 20.43%, confirmed
severe malaria: 19.85%, suspected</span><span style=\"font-family:Verdana;\"> diarrhoea: 3.43%, trauma related to
road accidents: 3.36%, pregnancy-related disorders (1%). BCG, Penta3, VAR, and
yellow fever vaccination
%K Community Diagnosis
%K Reproductive Health
%K Local Solutions
%K ASACOSEKASI
%K Bamako
%K Mali
%U http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=129222