[Clinical and paramedical features of epilepsy in children at the Ziguinchor Peace Hospital: a documentation review].

Epilepsy poses a public health problem in Senegal. The purpose of the study was to describe the clinical and paramedical features of epilepsy in children at the Ziguinchor Peace Hospital (ZPH). We conducted a literature review of the medical records of children with epilepsy, from January 1, 2015 to December 31, 2018.

Adherence to ready-to-use food and acceptability of outpatient nutritional therapy in HIV-infected undernourished Senegalese adolescents: research-based recommendations for routine care.

Background: Ready-to-use food (RUF) is increasingly used for nutritional therapy in HIV-infected individuals. However, practical guidance advising nutrition care to HIV-infected adolescents is lacking, so that little is known about the acceptability of such therapy in this vulnerable population. This study assesses the overall acceptability and perception of a RUF-based therapy and risk factors associated with sub-optimal RUF intake in HIV-infected undernourished adolescents in Senegal.

[Epidemiological, clinical and hematological profiles of homozygous sickle cell disease during the intercritical period among children in Ziguinchor, Senegal].

Sickle cell disease poses a public health problem in Senegal. It mainly affects children and adolescents. This study aimed to determine the epidemiological, clinical and hematological profiles of homozygous (SS) sickle cell disease in a cohort of children followed-up at the Peace Hospital in Ziguinchor.