Psychosocioprofessional and familial becoming of formers Buruli ulcer patients in Benin.

Unlabelled: Buruli ulcer (BU), an emerging disease caused by Mycobacterium ulcerans, causes severe impairments. In literature, no survey has been devoted to the cured patients returned back home.

Objective: To analyze the long-term psychosocial, professional and family repercussions of BU on former patients.

Stroke: prevalence and disability in Cotonou, Benin.

Background: Little is known about the burden of stroke in sub-Saharan Africa that may increase with the ongoing demographic and socioeconomic transition. This study aims to assess the prevalence of stroke, its related disability rate and consequences in the quality of daily life in an urban door- to-door survey in Cotonou, Benin.

Methods: A three-phase door-to-door study was performed in two districts of Cotonou with a broad range of socioeconomic income.