Challenge to treat pre-extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in a low-income country: A report of 12 cases.

Unlabelled: Setting: Democratic Republic of the Congo is a high-burden TB country. Its capital, Kinshasa, reports annually about one-third of all MDR-TB cases in the country; thus, pre-XDRTB management is warranted.

Objectives: To describe the main challenges in treating pre- XDR TB in this low resources setting and possible solutions.

Prevalence and determinants of asthma in adults in Kinshasa.

Background: Epidemiological data on asthma among adults in sub-Saharan Africa are sparse.

Objective: To determine the prevalence of and factors associated with asthma among adults in Kinshasa.

Methods: A previously validated asthma questionnaire was administered to an adult population aged ≥18 years in urban and peri-urban suburbs of Kinshasa.

[Buruli ulcer in Angolese refugees in the Kimpese area, Lower Congo, D.R. Congo].

Many epidemiological studies on Buruli ulcer have established the endemic zones in the Congolese Democratic Republic. But the situation about the areas where the refugees are located in high endemicity zones has not yet been studied. The present study describes the presence of the Mycobacterium ulcerans infection in the angolese refugee populationat Kimpese.