Childhood disability in rural Niger: a population-based assessment using the Key Informant Method.

Background: Data on childhood disability is essential for planning health, education and other services. However, information is lacking in many low- and middle-income countries, including Niger. This study uses the Key Informant Method, an innovative and cost-effective strategy for generating population-based estimates of childhood disability, to estimate the prevalence and causes of moderate/severe impairments and disabling health conditions in children of school-going age (7-16 years) in the Kollo department of western Niger.

Addressing gendered varietal and trait preferences in West African maize.

Maize is the most important cereal in Sub Saharan Africa; however, yields are significantly lower than those possible with improvements in cultivars and management. Maize breeding programs need to produce material with improved resistance to increasing environmental stresses and incorporate the man and women farmer preferred traits that relate to yield, postharvest, nutritional, and processing qualities. This research uses gender-disaggregated data recorded during participatory on-farm maize trials by the Stress Tolerant Maize Program conducted in agroecological zones of Benin, Nigeria and Mali) to identify men and women farmer's expressed varietal and trait preferences in order to evaluate plant breeding strategy.

Safety and efficacy of praziquantel syrup (Epiquantel®) against Schistosoma haematobium and Schistosoma mansoni in preschool-aged children in Niger.

Given the characteristic age-prevalence curve of Schistosoma infection, preventive chemotherapy with praziquantel is primarily targeted at school-aged children, whilst, in highly endemic areas, other high-risk groups might be included for regular treatment. Nevertheless, schistosomiasis can affect children well before they reach school-age, but this population group is usually excluded from preventive chemotherapy. We assessed the safety and efficacy of praziquantel syrup (Epiquantel®) in preschool-aged children in three villages of Niger.

[Management of ectopic pregnancy in developing countries: example of a Nigerian reference maternity].

Objective: We report 143 cases of ectopic pregnancy (EP) treated in the Issaka-Gazobi maternity of Niamey between January 1st, 1999 and April 30th, 2001 (28 months). The objective of this study was to estimate the epidemiological, diagnostic and therapeutic aspects to propose actions, which could lead to the improvement of the prognosis of EP.

Patients And Methods: The frequency of ectopic pregnancy was 2.

[Epidemiological and histological aspects of gynecologic and breast cancer in the pathology department of Niamey's Health Faculty, Niger].

Introduction: The aim of this study is to identify the epidemiological and histological aspects of gynaecologic and breast cancer for a best care of patients.

Methodology: A restropective and descriptive study have been realised in the Histopathologic laboratory of Niamey's Health faculty department, Niger. During 9 years (01 January 1992 to 31 December 2000), we brought up all cases of gynaecological and breast cancer.