[Epidemiological value of graphic representation of the Tukey test].

The method of Tukey shows a graphic view of a distribution of data around its median. This graphic representation is simple, easy, pertinent and computer-compatible. It optimizes the description of distribution of data (normal or free distribution).

[Current quantitative approach to the splenic index in malaria: the median hypertrophied spleen].

The mean Hackett score is a commonly used index in malaria surveys. It is, however not suitable for comparing the distribution of hypertrophied spleens among small population samples, owing to the validity conditions of statistical tests. The authors suggest to use another index, the median Hackett score, which can be compared to the Tukey test.

[Sexually transmitted diseases and community health services. II. Planning of the program].

The ambition of Community Health Services in the fight against Sexual Transmitted Diseases (S.T.D.

[Sexually transmitted diseases and community health services. I. Community diagnosis].

The ambition of Community Health Services in the fight against Sexual Transmitted Diseases (S.T.D.

[Setting-up a system of health statistics collection in a rural environment in the Ivory Coast].

In order to improve the sanitary data collection system from the rural Health Centers, Ivory-Coast has modified it in acting upon the three stages of collection. At the level of rural Health Centers, it has been created, from observations and data collected in a sample of 5 centers, a new classification of diseases including 128 items allowing all male and female nurses to classify 94% of the patients examined. At intermediary level, their monthly reports are collected and checked by the chief Medical Practitioner of the Rural Health Sector, who is responsible for all medicine not pertaining to hospital centers.