Neonatal mortality in a referral hospital in Cameroon over a seven year period: trends, associated factors and causes.

Background: The fourth Millennium Development Goals targets reduction by 2/3 the mortality rate of under-fives by 2015. This reduction starts with that of neonatal mortality representing 40% of childhood mortality. In Cameroon neonatal mortality was 31‰ in 2011.

Baseline demographic, clinical and immunological profiles of HIV-infected children at the Yaounde Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric hospital, Cameroon.

Introduction: Approximately 2.5 million children below 15 years are infected with the HIV virus, with 90% in sub-Saharan Africa. The Yaounde Gynaeco-obstetric and Pediatric hospital has been a treatment center for HIV since 2006.

Neonatal mortality in a referral hospital in Cameroon over a seven year period: trends, associated factors and causes.

Background: The fourth Millennium Development Goals targets reduction of the mortality rate of under-fives by 2/3 by the year 2015. This reduction starts with that of neonatal mortality representing 40% of childhood mortality. In Cameroon neonatal mortality was 31% in 2011.

[Pasteurella multocida meningitis with cerebral abscesses].

Pasteurella multocida is classically responsible for local soft tissue infections secondary to dog bites or cat scratches. It can be responsible for meningitis in infants and elderly persons. We report the case history of a 5-year-old male child admitted to our pediatric unit for meningitis.

[Clinical and etiological aspects of focal epilepsy in children at Yaoundé Gynaeco-obstetric Hospital (Cameroon)].

Objective: To describe the clinical and etiological aspects of child focal epilepsy at Yaoundé Gynaeco-Obstetric and Pediatric Hospital (YGOPH) in Cameroon.

Patients And Methods: It was a cross-sectional descriptive study carried out in pediatric neurology and epileptology unit of YGOPH from October 1 2011 to March 30 2012. We included 218 patients aged 0-16 years with a diagnosis of focal epilepsy in whom an electroencephalogram (EEG) was performed.