CO-INFECTION OF MALARIA AND INTESTINAL PARASITOSIS IN RURAL CHILDREN IN THE KLOTO DISTRICT, TOGO.

Introduction: Co-infection of malaria and intestinal parasitosis is the concomitant presence of two parasite species in a single human host; it is more frequent in children in many parts of the world. The objective of this study was to describe the co-infection of malaria and intestinal parasitosis in children in the health district of Kloto.

Methods: This was a prospective cross-sectional study conducted over a period of four (04) months, from February 8 to May 10, in rural health centers with laboratory facilities in the Kloto sanitary district.

[Etiological and evolving profile of renal disability of children in hospital in Togo].

Objective: To determine the etiological and evolutionary profile of renal failure of chidren in Togo.

Methods: This is a cross-sectional study over the period of 12 months (2016-2017) including children aged 1 to 18 years hospitalized in the pediatric ward of Sylvanus Olympio university teaching hospital of Lome (Togo) for renal failure.

Results: Of 2374 patients hospitalized in our unit, 58 (2.

Therapeutic efficacy trial of artemisinin-based combination therapy for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria and investigation of mutations in k13 propeller domain in Togo, 2012-2013.

Background: Since 2005, the Togo National Malaria Control Programme has recommended two different formulations of artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT), artesunate-amodiaquine (ASAQ) and artemether-lumefantrine (AL), for the treatment of uncomplicated malaria. Regular efficacy monitoring of these two combinations is conducted every 2 or 3 years. This paper reports the latest efficacy assessment results and the investigation of mutations in the k13 propeller domain.