Assessment of the Teratogenic Effect of Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine on the Chicken Embryo.

Background: The sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine combination is a product used in the intermittent preventive treatment (IPT) of malaria in pregnant women in our country. To date, there is very little data on the teratogenic effect of this product. This study proposed to evaluate the teratogenic effect of sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine on chicken embryos.

Medication Consumption Patterns and Polypharmacy among Community-Dwelling Elderly in Lomé (Togo) in 2017.

Background: In the sub-Saharan African, region of the world with a fast growing aging population and where the use of herbal products is very common, there is a paucity of data on medication consumption patterns among elderly people. The objective of this study was to assess the prevalence of polypharmacy and its associated factors among community-dwelling elderly in Lomé, Togo, in 2017.

Methods: A cross-sectional study was conducted from March to June 2017 in Lomé, Togo among people aged 60 years and older.

Toxicological assessment of the hydroethanolic leaf extract of clerodendrum capitatum in Wistar rats.

Introduction: Clerodendrum capitatum (Willd) Schumach. & Thonn (Lamiaceae) is used in African traditional medicine for the treatment of malaria, hypertension, obesity, jaundice and diabetes however there is lack of experimental data on its possible toxicity. This study investigated the acute and 28 days sub-chronic toxicity of C.

Knowledge and adherence to antiretroviral therapy among adult people living with HIV/AIDS treated in the health care centers of the association "Espoir Vie Togo" in Togo, West Africa.

Background: The efficiency of antiretroviral therapy (ART) depends on a near perfect level of patients' adherence. The level of adherence of adults HIV-infected patients treated in the HIV/AIDS health care centres of the association "Espoir Vie Togo" in Togo, West Africa is not properly documented. The aim of the present study was to examine by means of self-reports the knowledge, the adherence level and associated factors to antiretroviral therapy (ART) among these patients.

Prescription drugs among pregnant women in Lome, Togo, West Africa.

Objective: To assess the trends in prescription drugs and the potential repercussions to newborns among pregnant women who attended prenatal consultations and gave birth in the Department of Gynaecology of Tokoin's University Hospital, Lome (Togo).

Methods: A retrospective study of the registers of prenatal visits and deliveries of the eligible population was performed.

Results: In total, 184 different drugs were prescribed to 627 pregnant women attending prenatal consultations.