[How does one treat the osteitis and osteoarthritis of the extremities in older leprosy patients using granulated table sugar?].

A common problem of osteitis and septic arthritis is the recurrent bone infection after surgical debridement, a problem frequently encountered in patients with sequela leprosy. In these cases the authors propose the use of an ancient method of post surgical wound care based on the treatment with ordinary granulated sugar. The hyperosmolar climate created this way in the wounds inhibits the bacterial growth, enhances bacterial death and therefore permits the growth of granulation tissue in order to recover the debrided nude bones.

[Can plantar ulcers associated with leprosy be treated in the field. Results of experience in Senegal].

The introduction of a program for the treatment of plantar ulcers (PU) in field conditions in Senegal was studied. The program was complementary to the Health Education and Protective Footwear to Prevent Disability (POD) initiatives within the Senegalese anti-leprosy program. The wound care given in health centers was coded and simplified.

[Simplification and codification of treatment for leprous plantar ulcers].

Practically leprous plantar ulcers (PU) are difficult to treat and heal under field condition. Considering the important number of patients showing a PU, the directors of national leprosy control programmes are determined, within the programmes on prevention of disabilities (POD), to treat the PU in the field. Therefore it appears to be essential to codify and simplify their treatment thus enabling it to be effective.

[The impact of curtains impregnated with deltamethrin on the vectors and morbidity of malaria: results in Ankazobe, on the plateaus of Madagascar].

To evaluate the efficacy of deltamethrin impregnated curtains on malaria morbidity in a low transmission area, we studied volunteer families in the village of Ankazobe in the Madagascar Highlands from February 1993 to June 1994. After randomization, we provided 46 houses having 244 inhabitants with impregnated curtains (I) and 45 others having 257 inhabitants with nonimpregnated curtains (NI) as controls. We first estimated the number of mosquito bites in the protected versus nonprotected households.