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Studies on waste management in Côte d'Ivoire are mostly focused on household and solid waste. It is appropriate to take a sustained look at the management of electrical and electronic equipment waste to better guide policies in this area. This work is a cross-sectional study covering the period from April 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022. The aim was to determine the knowledge and practices of the independent electrical and electronic repairers of the city of Bouaké in terms of electrical and electronic equipment waste (WEEE) management. A comprehensive sample of 307 people was interviewed by means of a questionnaire. The repairers interviewed had already heard of WEEE in 47.2% of cases. They had a good level of knowledge of WEEE in 85.5% of cases. In the final model in multivariate analysis, only the possession of a radio set at home had a significant influence on knowledge of WEEE. Repairers were unaware of the existence of D3E management legislation in 60.7% of cases; apart from humans (84.8%) who were most exposed to the dangers of inappropriate management of WEEE, other entities (air, soil, water, animals) would be polluted according to 36.6, 35.2, 4.1, and 3.4% of repairers, respectively. The most feared type of harm reported is injury (95.65%). Subjects dumped WEEE in a municipal landfill in 32.4% of cases. Sale, empowerment of pre-collection agents, and handing over to a recycling professional, cumulatively represent the most common practice (66.9%).
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Electrical Equipment and Supplies , Ecological and Environmental Phenomena , Cross-Sectional Studies , Equipment Reuse , Knowledge , ISO 14000 , Household WorkABSTRACT
Since January, 2012, the Pacific region has faced a heavy burden of concurrent epidemics of dengue, chikungunya, and zika virus infections. In 2016, WHO developed a global response strategic framework to ensure that zika virus is a priority and accelerated area of public health research. This study conducted in Bouaké (Côte d'Ivoire) is part of this framework. The main objective was to assess the knowledge and attitudes of health workers working there on the zika virus disease in order to consider a better preparation and response to a possible epidemic in Côte d'Ivoire. Cross-sectional study covering the period from October 2016 to March 2017 was used here. The sampling was comprehensive and included interviews with 258 persons. Subjects were interviewed using a questionnaire edited and adapted from the CAP questionnaire developed by WHO in 2016. People with prior knowledge of the zika virus disease represented 66.3% of the health workers surveyed. Their level of knowledge was insufficient in 83.5% of cases. Their attitudes were good in 51.5% of cases. In the authors' final model, the exercise structure which was adjusted to the level of education and the corporation significantly influenced health workers' attitudes toward illness. Health workers in public settings appeared to have a better attitude compared to their private colleagues (adjusted OR = 4.88; CI: 2.37-10.03; p-value:0.000). The zika virus disease has attracted the attention of the medical community during the 2014-2016 period. This attention, while mitigated by the West African Ebola virus epidemic, deserves to be highlighted.
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Humans , Female , Community Health Workers , Zika Virus , Virus Diseases , Health Knowledge, Attitudes, PracticeABSTRACT
Introduction : Dès le début de la crise, le gouvernement ivoirien a pris des mesures conservatoires pour prévenir l'introduction de la maladie dans le pays et lancé un vaste programme d'éducation sanitaire de la population portant principalement sur le mode de transmission et les mesures d'éviction de la maladie. Bouaké, deuxième ville de Côte d'Ivoire au plan démographique avec une population de 680.694 habitants, est une ville carrefour, cosmopolite, lieu d'importants flux migratoires de communautés de la sous-région ouest-africaine. En prélude à la préparation à une éventuelle épidémie, nous menons cette étude sur les connaissances, attitudes et pratiques de la population de Bouaké face à la maladie à virus Ebola.Population et méthode : Nous avons mené une étude transversale à visée descriptive, du 8 au 28 décembre 2014, qui a permis d'interroger 352 chefs de ménages.Résultats : Tous (100%) les chefs de ménage avaient déjà entendu parler de la maladie à virus Ebola. La présence de l'affection dans les pays frontaliers à la Côte d'Ivoire a été rapportée par 89,8% (316/352) des sujets. Parmi les voies de transmission de la maladie, 94,32% (332/352) des personnes en ont trouvé au moins une. Outre la transmission de l'animal à l'homme, une transmission interhumaine était également rapportée. Il s'agissait du contact avec les liquides biologiques infectés par le virus Ebola (92,17%) ou d'un contact avec un patient souffrant ou décédé de maladie à virus Ebola (91,48%).En cas de contamination par la maladie à virus Ebola, les enquêtés se rendraient à l'hôpital (97,2%) et accepteraient l'isolement en milieu hospitalier (90,6%)