Publications scientifiques

Eliciting the Initial Programme Theory in a Realist Evaluation of Facility-Based Maternal Death Reviews in Benin: Methodological Process, Challenges and Lessons Learned

Christelle Boyi Hounsou, Jean-Paul Dossou, Thérèse Delvaux, Lenka Beňová, Edgard-Marius Ouendo, Marjolein Zweekhorst, Bruno Marchal · International Journal of Qualitative Methods · 2025

DOI : 10.1177/16094069241309277

Improving complex health systems and lived environments for maternal and perinatal well-being in urban sub-Saharan Africa: the UrbanBirth Collective

UrbanBirth Collective · Journal of Global Health · 2025

DOI : 10.7189/jogh.15.03009

Barriers and opportunities related to access to oncology care in Benin: a qualitative study on breast cancer

Clémence Schantz, Freddy Houéhanou Rodrigue Gnangnon, Moufalilou Aboubakar, Anthelme Kouessi Agbodande, Paloma Puig, Justin Lewis Denakpo, Angéline Tonato Bagnan, Marie Bottin, Komi Mena Agbodjavou, Hélène Robin Sacca, Luis Teixeira, Valéry Ridde, the SENOVIE group, Myriam Baron, Gaëtan Des Guetz, Anne Gosselin, Hamidou Niangaly, Bakary Abou Traoré, Emmanuel Bonnet, Fanny Chabrol, Abdourahmane Coulibaly, Annabel Desgrées du Loû, Kadiatou Faye, Pascale Hancart Petitet, Joseph Larmarange, Dolorès Pourette, Léa Prost, Beauta Rath, Julie Robin, Priscille Sauvegrain, Alassane Traoré · BMC Cancer · 2025

DOI : 10.1186/s12885-025-14325-3

How, why, and under what circumstances can supportive supervision programs improve malaria case management? A realist program theory

Fatuma Manzi, Jessie K Hamon, Mena K Agbodjavou, Jenna Hoyt, August Kuwawenaruwa, Yusufu Kionga, Christian Agossou, Abdunoor M Kabanywanyi, Christelle Boyi-Hounsou, Abdallah Lusasi, Samwel Lazaro, Ramani Saliou, Augustin Kpemasse, Erik Reaves, Chonge Kitojo, Ahmed Saadani Hassani, Virgile Gnanguenon, Jean-Paul Dossou, Jayne Webster · Health Policy and Planning · 2025

DOI : 10.1093/heapol/czaf020

Chlamydia Trachomatis infection in infertile men from Cotonou, Benin

Simon Azonbakin, Marius Adjagba, Delali N’bouke, Maria Amoussou, Yannick Goussanou, Arnaud Agbanlinsou, Jean Paul Dossou, Anatole Laleye · African Journal of Reproductive Health · 2025

DOI : 10.29063/ajrh2025/v29i4.8

Towards a universal implementation of labor companionship: a synthesis of the policy and facility environment of eight low-and-middle income countries

Soha El-Halabi, Andrea Barnabas Pembe, Alexandre Dumont, Ana Pilar Betrán, Charles Kaboré, Effie Chipeta, Guillermo Carroli, Helle Mölsted Alvesson, Hussein Kidanto, Jean-Paul Dossou, Kristi Sidney Annerstedt, Lenka Beňová, Mechthild M. Gross, Peter Waiswa, Pisake Lumbiganon, Quoc Nhu Hung Mac, Meghan A. Bohren, Claudia Hanson · Frontiers in Health Services · 2025

DOI : 10.3389/frhs.2025.1550473

Association between self-reported gender-based discrimination and maternal mortality rates: results of an ecological multi-level analysis across nine countries in Sub-Saharan Africa

Clara Orduhan, Ruth Waitzberg, Manuela De Allegri, Bona Chitah, Jean-Paul Dossou, Charlestine Bob Elwange, Adama Faye, Sharon Fonn, Christabel Kambala, Shafiu Mohammed, Hamidou Niangaly, Chenjerai Sisimayi, Wilm Quentin · BMC Public Health · 2025

DOI : 10.1186/s12889-025-24861-z

A critical assessment of strategic health purchasing in Benin’s health financing schemes and the implications for universal health coverage

Cossi Xavier Agbeto, Christelle Boyi, Noudéhouénou Credo Adelphe Ahissou, Hashim Hounkpatin, Nihad Jessica Eyitayo Agoligan Tometin, Arsène Yades, Agnes Gatome-Munyua, Jean-Paul Dossou · SSM - Health Systems · 2025

DOI : 10.1016/j.ssmhs.2025.100152

Modeling Geographical Accessibility and Inequalities to Childbirth Services in the Grand Nokoué Metropolitan Area, Benin

Yiséché S. C. Hounménou, Elias Martinien Avahoundjè, Aline Semaan, Christian Mahugnon Agossou, Christelle Boyi Hounsou, Mena K. Agbodjavou, Giulia Scarpa, Ange D. Dossou, Thierry O. Lawale, Romuald Bothon, Justin Lewis Denakpo, Lenka Beňová, Jean-Paul Dossou, Peter M. Macharia · Journal of Urban Health · 2025

DOI : 10.1007/s11524-025-01000-y

Caesarean section for stillborn babies, Benin, Malawi, Uganda and United Republic of Tanzania

Maria del Rosario Alsina, Lenka Benova, Bianca Kandeya, Muzdalifat Abeid, Christian Agossou, Nicola Orsini, Effie Chipeta, Hussein Kidanto, Andrea Barnabas Pembe, Jean-Paul Dossou, Peter Waiswa, Aliki Christou, Claudia Hanson · Bulletin of the World Health Organization · 2025

DOI : 10.2471/BLT.24.292424

Big data in modelling geographical accessibility to healthcare: a scoping review protocol

Ann Njogu, Lorenzo Libertini, Elias Martinien Avahoundjè, Fassou Mathias Grovogui, Oumar Aly Ba, Nicolas Ray, Lenka Beňová, Peter M Macharia · BMJ Open · 2025

DOI : 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-101567

A time-stratified, case–crossover study of heat exposure and perinatal mortality from 16 hospitals in sub-Saharan Africa

Claudia Hanson, Jeroen de Bont, Kristi Sidney Annerstedt, Maria del Rosario Alsina, Federica Nobile, Nathalie Roos, Peter Waiswa, Andrea Pembe, Jean-Paul Dossou, Effie Chipeta, Lenka Benova, Hussein Kidanto, Cherie Part, Massimo Stafoggia, Veronique Filippi, Petter Ljungman · Nature Medicine · 2024

DOI : 10.1038/s41591-024-03245-7

“We do these audits, but in the end, it’s useless.” How can facility-based maternal death reviews improve the quality of care in Benin?

Christelle Boyi Hounsou, Jean-Paul Dossou, Thérèse Delvaux, Lenka Benova, Edgard-Marius Ouendo, Sorel Lokossou, Marjolein Zweekhorst, Bruno Marchal · SSM - Health Systems · 2024

DOI : 10.1016/j.ssmhs.2024.100032

Adapting the Primary Care Assessment Tool for sub-Saharan Africa: a validation study

Robert Mash, Kefilath Bello, Innocent K Besigye, Anna Galle · BJGP Open · 2024

DOI : 10.3399/BJGPO.2024.0084

“To give life is a journey through the unknown”: an ethnographic account of childbirth experiences and practices in Southern Benin

Armelle Akouavi Vigan, Jean-Paul Dossou, Christelle Boyi, Lydie Kanhonou, Lenka Benova, Thérèse Delvaux, Charlotte Gryseels · Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters · 2023

DOI : 10.1080/26410397.2023.2258478

Wealth-based inequality in the continuum of maternal health service utilisation in 16 sub-Saharan African countries

Anteneh Asefa, Samson Gebremedhin, Tiara Marthias, Herfina Nababan, Aliki Christou, Aline Semaan, Aduragbemi Banke-Thomas, Hanani Tabana, Fadhlun M. Alwy Al-beity, Jean-Paul Dossou, Keneni Gutema, Thérèse Delvaux, Catherine Birabwa, Mardieh Dennis, Fassou Mathias Grovogui, Barbara McPake, Lenka Beňová · International Journal for Equity in Health · 2023

DOI : 10.1186/s12939-023-02015-0

Midwifery care providers’ childbirth and immediate newborn care competencies: A cross-sectional study in Benin, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda

Ann-Beth Moller, Joanne Welsh, Christian Agossou, Elizabeth Ayebare, Effie Chipeta, Jean-Paul Dossou, Mechthild M. Gross, Gisele Houngbo, Hashim Hounkpatin, Bianca Kandeya, Beatrice Mwilike, Max Petzold, Claudia Hanson · PLOS Global Public Health · 2023

DOI : 10.1371/journal.pgph.0001399

« Éloigne cette honte de moi! » : une étude qualitative des normes sociales entourant les expériences d’avortement chez les adolescentes et jeunes femmes au Bénin

Déo-Gracias Vanessa Dossi Sekpon, Jonna Both, Ramatou Ouedraogo, Isabelle L. Lange · Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters · 2023

DOI : 10.1080/26410397.2023.2294793

Effects of COVID-19 pandemic on provision and use of maternal health services in Allada, southern Benin: a local health system perspective

Éric Akpi, Armelle Vigan, Christelle Boyi Hounsou, Marlène Gandaho, Gisèle Houngbo, Charlotte Gryseels, Jean-Paul Dossou, Thérèse Delvaux · Frontiers in Public Health · 2023

DOI : 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1241983

Midwifery care providers’ childbirth and immediate newborn care competencies: A cross-sectional study in Benin, Malawi, Tanzania and Uganda

· National Library of Medicine · 2023