Implementing a physician-driven feeding protocol is not sufficient to achieve adequate caloric and protein delivery in a paediatric intensive care unit: A retrospective cohort study.

Background And Aims: Daily caloric and protein intake is crucial for the management of critically ill children. The benefit of feeding protocols in improving daily nutritional intake in children remains controversial. This study aimed to assess whether the introduction of an enteral feeding protocol in a paediatric intensive care unit (PICU) improves daily caloric and protein delivery on day 5 after admission and the accuracy of the medical prescription.

[Kidney biopsy in subsaharan Africa].

Materials And Methods: We carried out a retrospective and descriptive study on biopsies examined between January 2015 and December 2019, in the pathological departments of University Teaching Hospital of Bouaké and Cocody-Abidjan. The KB came from four countries (Côte d'Ivoire, Togo, Guinea-Conakry and Burkina Faso). Optical microscopy and/or direct immunofluorescence techniques were used.

Use of traditional medicine and control of hypertension in 12 African countries.

Background: Use of traditional medicine (TM) is widespread in sub-Saharan Africa as a treatment option for a wide range of disease. We aimed to describe main characteristics of TM users and estimate the association of TM use with control of hypertension.

Methods: We used data on 2128 hypertensive patients of a cross-sectional study (convenience sampling), who attended cardiology departments of 12 sub-Saharan African countries (Benin, Cameroon, Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon, Guinea, Côte d'Ivoire, Mauritania, Mozambique, Niger, Senegal, Togo).

Culture, school pregnancies, and society: pubertal rites in Côte d'Ivoire.

It is essential to understand the relationship between pubertal rites and the goals of socioeconomic insertion of children to school. Formal education promotes girls' rights and contributes to the creation of an egalitarian society. It empowers women to make better informed life choices.

Poor adherence to medication and salt restriction as a barrier to reaching blood pressure control in patients with hypertension: Cross-sectional study from 12 sub-Saharan countries.

Background: Sub-Saharan Africa is experiencing a rising burden of hypertension. Antihypertensive medications and diet are the cornerstone of effective hypertension control.

Aims: To assess adherence to medication and salt restriction in 12 sub-Saharan countries, and to study the relationship between adherence and blood pressure control in patients with hypertension.