The PREMAP Study: prevalence and risk factors of dementia and clinically diagnosed Alzheimer's disease in Provence, France. Prevalence of Alzheimer's Disease in Provence.

The PREMAP Study investigated the prevalence and risk factors of dementia and Alzheimer's Disease (AD) in a random sample of 1062 residents 70 year old or more, living in south-eastern France (private homes and institutions). All persons living in institutions for the elderly (n = 258) and community dwellers (n = 804) scoring less than 24 points on the MMSE (18.4%) were invited to undergo a medical evaluation at home by a qualified neurologist using the CERAD battery.

[Impact of improved sanitary conditions and domestic hygiene on the incidence of ascaridiasis and ancylostomiasis in children two to four years old in the rural zones of Ivory Coast].

The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of improvement measures for hygiene and water supply, installation of latrines and health education on the incidence of ascaridiasis and ankylostomiasis with 2 to 4 years old children in some villages of southern Côte d'Ivoire. The method used is the comparison of children carrying parasites before and after intervention. Initially in 1988, the stools of all children aged from 2 to 4 were collected and examined in order to look for the presence of parasites in the stools.

[Effect of hygiene measures, water sanitation and oral rehydration therapy on diarrhea in children less than five years old in the south of Ivory Coast].

The purpose is to assess the impact of compliance with measures of hygiene and water supply and oral rehydration on the diarrhoea with under 5 years of age in four villages of southern Côte d'Ivoire. The method used is to compare morbidity and mortality of children, firstly between two groups of villages without such measures, secondly in two villages before and after implementing them. Initially, an exhaustive survey has determined the incidence rate of diarrhoea, the proportion of deaths resulting from such diarrhoea as well as the mortality rate 1988.

[Water supply, excrement disposal and diarrheal diseases in rural zones of Ivory Coast].

This study was designed to determine the incidence of diarrhea over a 15 day period in children below 4 years living in villages in a rural area of Côte d'Ivoire and to identify possible correlation with water supply and excrement disposal. In this exhaustive cross-sectional household survey, each person caring for a child between the ages of 0 and 4 years was interviewed at home using an open, pretested survey with questions concerning diarrhea, water supply, and excrement disposal. Responses were authenticated by on-site observations made by surveyors.