Analysis of diagnosis announcements in Abidjan pediatric oncology unit 2 years after introduction of the African Pediatric Cancer Announcement Guideline.

Introduction: Announcing the diagnosis allows the therapeutic alliance between physicians and patients to be sealed and it prevents abandonment of treatment. To compensate for the deficit in information received by the families, the Franco-African Group of Pediatric Oncology (FAGPO) has published an "African Pediatric Cancer Announcement Guide" for the group's pediatric oncology units.

Objective: To analyze the announcements made to parents and children 2 years after the provision of this guide.

[Evolution aspect of anatomy clinical lesions of urogenital fistula (UGF) in Cocody Teaching Hospital urological unity from 1990 to 2011].

Purpose: The aim of this study is to compare anatomy pathological lesions seeing in urogenital fistula in Cocody Teaching Hospital between two decades, 1990 to 2000 and 2000 to 2010.

Materiel And Method: This survey is retrospective and carries on 20 years (January 1990 to December 2011) 190 urogenital fistulas (140 cases between 1990 and 1999; 50 from 2000 to 2011) hospitalized in our unity. Anatomy clinical characteristics of these fistulas were determined by clinical or paraclinical examination.

[Epidemiology of otomycoses at the University Hospital of Yopougon (Abidjan-Ivory Coast)].

Objective: Otomycosis is a fungal infection, which leads to a damage of the external auditory meatus. The disease is worldwide in distribution but is said to be more common in tropical countries. Though otomycosis presumably occurs frequently in Africa, reports on its incidence and etiology are rare from Côte d'Ivoire.

[Hepatitis B: cross-sectional study of knowledge and immunization among students at University of Cocody, Ivory Coast].

Background: To evaluate knowledge about hepatitis B and vaccination coverage among students at Cocody's University, Ivory Coast.

Materials And Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted during the academic year 2005-2006 (2557 students). Parameters were collected by interview using a survey chart.

[Hepatitis B knowledge among secondary school students in Côte d'Ivoire].

Aim: The purpose of this study was to assess hepatitis B knowledge among secondary school students' in Côte d'Ivoire in order to promote the inclusion of hepatitis B education in school curricula.

Material And Methods: a single cross-sectional survey involving six schools (7,376 students) was conducted. Data were collected using a self-administered questionnaire.