Notre analyse pose le problème du rapport entre éducation et développement, et plus précisément, nous nous demandons dans quelle mesure l’éducation peut conduire au développement humain. Il s’agit là d’une question à propos de laquelle les pédagogies traditionnelle et nouvelle sont opposées. Notre objectif, dans ce travail, a consisté à montrer que l’éducation ne peut conduire au développement humain que si elle parvient à prendre en charge les deux dimensions fondamentales de l’homme que sont son individualité et sa personnalité. Pour (...) nous, une éducation capable d’assurer le développement humain serait tout autant celle qui considérerait l’homme dans sa totalité et l’engagerait sur un chemin ininterrompu d’apprentissage. (shrink)

Background: Despite an increase in health research conducted in Africa, there are still inadequate human resources with research ethics training and lack of local long-term training opportunities in research ethics. A research ethics training program named United States-Mali Research Ethics Training Program (US-Mali RETP) was established through a partnership between the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health (GWSPH), USA and University of Sciences, Techniques & Technologies of Bamako (USTTB), to address the critical need for improved bioethics training, (...) leadership, and policy in Mali. Methods: The aims of the capacity building programme are achieved by leveraging US and Africa-based expertise to strengthen research ethics education and capacity through: (1) intensive faculty development to design ethics training curricula; (2) development of a research ethics specialization within the existing Masters of Public Health program (MPH); and (3) establishing professional development courses through short-term training workshops and webinars to address research and professional needs in ethics. Results: The program will strengthen USTTB’s capacity of research ethics by training at least 15 MPH students over 5 years to prepare the next generation of ethics researchers. During the first two years of the program, a new ethics training curricula was developed, two cohorts of Master’s students were enrolled, and a series of webinars and workshops were conducted with participation of Malian and international researchers. Conclusions: US-Mali RETP will promote a sustainable bioethics enterprise at USTTB, and enable dissemination of research ethics training to increase health research capacity in Mali. (shrink)

Dans ce livre, Ali Ouid Sidi retrace les parcours des explorateurs oubliés de Tombouctou ainsi que de leurs réalisations respectives. Il invite à une analyse objective du vecu quotidien des explorateurs au sein de la société tombouctienne, puis ovre le debat autour des composantes des maisons des explorateurs partie intégrante de la Medina de Tombouctou inscrite au Patrimoine national.

SummaryMalaria is a major cause of under-five mortality in Mali and many other developing countries. Malaria control programmes rely on households to identify sick children and either care for them in the home or seek treatment at a health facility in the case of severe illness. This study examines the involvement of mothers and other household members in identifying and treating severely ill children through case studies of 25 rural Malian households. A wide range of intra-household responses to severe illness (...) were observed among household members, both exemplifying and contravening stated social norms about household roles. Given their close contact with children, mothers were frequently the first to identify illness symptoms. However, decisions about care-seeking were often taken by fathers and senior members of the household. As stewards of the family resources, fathers usually paid for care and thus significantly determined when and where treatment was sought. Grandparents were frequently involved in diagnosing illnesses and directing care towards traditional healers or health facilities. Relationships between household members during the illness episode were found to vary from highly collaborative to highly conflictive, with critical effects on how quickly and from where treatment for sick children was sought. These findings have implications for the design and targeting of malaria and child survival programming in the greater West African region. (shrink)