[Compliance with hand-hygiene practice in the General Reference Hospitals of the city of Kisangani, Democratic Republic of the Congo].

Introduction: the purpose of this study was to assess the compliance with hand-hygiene practice of health-care workers in the General Reference Hospitals (GRH) of the city of Kisangani and to identify factors contributing to it.

Methods: we conducted a cross-sectional study in the Maternity, Surgery, Pediatric and Emergency Departments at four GRH of the city of Kisangani over the period 13-20 June 2018. One hundred and twenty professionals recruited from among doctors, nurses, laboratory technicians and attendants were asked to complete a self-administered questionnaire to assess their level of knowledge and a grid indicating the compliance with hand-hygiene practice in 44 health professionals (1920 opportunities).

[Effectiveness of vaccine management and quality of immunization services in the Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) antenna in the Kisangani region, Democratic Republic of Congo].

Introduction: The quality of vaccines is critical for good immunization outcomes. It is dependent on the effectiveness of technical and logistics management system put in place. This study aimed to assess the effectiveness of vaccine management and to learn something from this.