[Factors associated with the practice of exclusive breastfeeding among mothers of children aged 6 to 12 months in Kaolack (Senegal)].

Introduction: the World Health Organization (WHO) recommends immediate and exclusive breastfeeding in order to reduce malnutrition and neonatal mortality. The purpose of this study was to determine the prevalence of exclusive breastfeeding (EBF) and to identify its associated factors among mothers of children aged 6 to 12 months in Kaolack.

Method: we conducted a cross-sectional descriptive and analytical study.

[Study Of The Availability Of Medicine For Childhood In Senegal].

Introduction: In Senegal, the main causes of death are the pneumonia, the diarrhea and the malaria. The malnutrition is an underlying factor in more than a third of the deaths, because it returns the more vulnerable children to the serious illnesses. The general objective of this research is to study the availability and the price of medicine in the therapeutic care of the children of less than 5 years old in the region of Dakar in Senegal.

[Membership factors and use of mutual health insurance in the Ziguinchor region of Senegal].

Aim: The purpose of this article is to identify, the factors that would explain the adherence and use of MS and make recommendations for actions that would encourage the population to adhere more at the MS in the Ziguinchor region in Senegal.

Method: The sample was concerned by 392 patients selected by the quota method in the hospitals of the region. The data were processed and analyzed by the sphinx and stata software through the logistic regression method.

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Aim: The purpose of this article is to identify, the factors that would explain the adherence and use of MS and make recommendations for actions that would encourage the population to adhere more at the MS in the Ziguinchor region in Senegal.

Method: The sample was concerned by 392 patients selected by the quota method in the hospitals of the region. The data were processed and analyzed by the sphinx and stata software through the logistic regression method.

Communicable and non-communicable disease risks at the Grand Magal of Touba: The largest mass gathering in Senegal.

Background: An estimated 4-5 million individuals gather each year in the holy city of Touba, Senegal during the Grand Magal religious pilgrimage. Pilgrims come from across Senegal and the surrounding countries, as well as from countries outside Africa. It is the largest mass gathering (MG) of the Mouride community and the largest Muslim religious MG in West Africa.

[Sesame Health Programme at Senegal: Limitations of this free healthcare model].

Introduction: Up until now, elderly people have experienced medical management difficulties despite the free care provided by the Sesame Health Programme. The objective of this study was to determine the costs borne by beneficiaries and/or their families and to evaluate these costs in relation to overall management. This comprehensive, cross-sectional, quantitative study was conducted from 21 February to 21 March 2011 in the Ouakam gerontology centre.

[Living the aging in Senegal Perceptions/representations and coping strategies of persons of age three: results of investigations retrospective].

In Senegal, due to the young age of the population (60%) the concerns of the old tend to be put in the background. And yet, problems related to old age are a reality. These problems come up not in terms of demography (the old represent only 4.