[Home care of childhood malaria: proposals for improving management based on a survey of mothers in Notsé (Togo)].

Background: Malaria is a common and frequently fatal disease in sub-Saharan Africa and children suffer the consequences of their family's erroneous therapeutic decisions.

Objective: To assess knowledge, attitudes and practices related to malaria treatment and prevention among mothers of children younger than 5 years old.

Methods: Cross-sectional survey conducted from July to September 2000, in Notsé (Togo) among a sample of 385 mothers of children aged younger than 5 years.

[Surveillance system for Buruli ulcer in Benin: results after four years].

Infection by Mycobacterium ulcerans, commonly known as Buruli ulcer (BU), is an emerging infectious disease in some African countries, including Benin. A national BU control program has been organised since 1997. One of its main objectives is to organise a system of BU surveillance, based on the BU02 data collection form developed by the World Health Organization.

[Epidemiological aspects of snakebites in Benin].

Among rural environmental health emergencies, snakebite was common in villages community and agriculture activities. Their frequency and fatal complication depend on the venomous character of the species and the lack of early treatment. The aim of this work was to describe some epidemiological aspects of the snakebites and to suggest preventive strategies to avoid complication.

[Utilization of health services by mothers of children with fever in the south of Benin].

In spite of preventives activities, malaria remained the most murderess tropical disease at less 5 years old child in Benin. However, few mothers in rural middle used modern cares services when their child are feverish. This paper aims to selected risk factors associated to the under-utilization of care services in child fever situation in Benin.