Serotonin Transporter mRNA Expression Is Reduced in the Peripheral Blood Mononuclear Cells of Subjects with Major Depression but Normal in Fibromyalgia.

Background: Fibromyalgia (FM) and major depression disorder (MDD) frequently co-occur. Both disorders may share common serotonergic alterations, although there is less evidence of such alterations in FM. It is also unclear as to whether these alterations are persistent over time or transient.

[Sexual and reproductive health of adolescents living with HIV in pediatric care programs in Abidjan : Structured provision of care and perceptions of health care workers in 2019].

Introduction: The majority of adolescents living with HIV (ALHIV) reside in sub-Saharan Africa, with sexual and reproductive health (SRH) needs to be met. The health care facilities and professionals involved have a major role to assume in the quality of SRH services offered to these teenagers.

Objective: To investigate the SRH services offered to ALHIV subjects in pediatric facilities in Abidjan, Ivory-Coast.

The Global South political economy of health financing and spending landscape - history and presence.

The Global South nations and their statehoods have presented a driving force of economic and social development through most of the written history of humankind. China and India have been traditionally accounted as the economic powerhouses of the past. In recent decades, we have witnessed reestablishment of the traditional world economic structure as per Agnus Maddison Project data.

[Toxicological risks of cohabitation with wild landfills: the case of the Akouedo landfill (Abidjan, Ivory Coast).].

Introduction: The objective of this study is to evaluate the health risks associated with metal exposure (Pb, Cd, Hg and Cr) in the populations living around the Akouédo landfill.

Method: This evaluation required the use of the most recent reference toxicological data relating to human exposure to these pollutants and the results of measurements in the environment. Crossing these two data sources using the CalTOX simulation allowed for the calculation of daily exposure, through the consumption of soil dust, contaminated water and foodstuffs.

[Social representations of epilepsy and therapeutic routes of parents of epileptic children in Abidjan].

Purpose: The present study examines the influence of representations of childhood epilepsies in their generalized form on the therapy courses of parents seeking treatment for their epileptic children.

Methods: The approach used is retrospective, quantitative and qualitative. The data collection was done through the analysis of the medical records of 81 children diagnosed with epilepsy and treated at the Abidjan Infant Guidance Center over a period of 18 months (January 2015 to June 2016), and a semi-directive interview administered to their parents who came with them for their medical follow-up.