Barriers and facilitators to kangaroo mother care implementation in Cote d'Ivoire: a qualitative study.

Background: Kangaroo Mother Care (KMC) is a high impact, low technology and cost-effective intervention for the care of preterm and low birth weight newborn. Cote d'Ivoire adopted the intervention and opened the first KMC unit in 2019. This study aimed to assess barriers and facilitators of KMC implementation in Cote d'Ivoire, a year after its introduction, as well as proposed solutions for improving KMC implementation in the country.

[Impact of an early diagnosis program for childhood cancer in Abidjan?].

Introduction: To promote the early diagnosis of pediatric cancers in Ivory Coast, we have initiated a program to train local physicians in the warning signs and to raise public awareness. The aim of this work was to compare the times, stages and survival of patients before and three years after the initiation of the program.

Methods: This retrospective study involved children 0-17 years of age admitted from January to December 2014 and from May 2018 to April 2019.