Breast cancer cases of female patients under 35 years of age in Togo: A series of 158 cases.

Breast cancer in young female patients represents a public health problem in developing countries. The objectives of the study were to study the epidemiological and histological characteristics of breast cancer in female patients under 35 years of age. This was a retrospective analytical study of a series of 158 cases of breast cancer in female patients under 35 years of age, conducted at the University Teaching Hospital of Lomé between 2000 and 2015.

[Epidemiological and clinical aspects of the management of sexual aggression among female victims in Lomé].

This is a retrospective study whose objective is to describe the epidemiological and clinical aspects of the management of sexual violence in Black Africa. The study included 373 cases of alleged female victims of sexual assault registered in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology of the University Teaching Hospital, Tokoin, Lomé, from 2007 to 2009. Sexual assault accounted for 4.

Feasibility and acceptability of rapid HIV screening in a labour ward in Togo.

Background: HIV screening in a labour ward is the last opportunity to initiate an antiretroviral prophylaxis among pregnant women living with HIV to prevent mother-to-child HIV transmission. Little is known about the feasibility and acceptability of HIV screening during labour in West Africa.

Findings: A cross-sectional survey was conducted in the labour ward at the Tokoin Teaching Hospital in Lomé (Togo) between May and August 2010.