Epilepsy and stigma in Africa: Viewpoint of healthcare professionals and combat strategies.

Unlabelled: Epilepsy is a major public health problem in developing countries where eighty percent (80%) of people with epilepsy (PWE) live. Stigma has psychological consequences as well as serious repercussions on patients' quality of life. This study assesses the perception of health professionals in Africa regarding the stigmatization of PWE.

The development, implementation and early learnings of a training program to advance interest in behavioral research careers among undergraduate BIPOC students majoring in psychology.

Objectives: Black, indigenous and people of color (BIPOC) remain underrepresented in research occupations. This report discusses a collaboration to train undergraduate BIPOC students in clinical research between a public health institute, two medical schools, and a historically Black College or University (HBCU). This nine-month program trained BIPOC undergraduates in research methodology, psychology, and addiction science, and immersed trainees in real-world research.

[Epidemiological and clinical profile childhood cancers with pleural and pulmonary lesions in the pediatric oncology unit of Treichville University Hospital (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire)].

Introduction: Pediatric cancers are a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa. However, they are seldom studied, especially as regards in their extensive forms.

Methodology: An eight-year retrospective and descriptive study was carried out so as to specify the epidemiological and clinical characteristics of cancers with pleural and pulmonary involvement in children of 0 to 14years of age in the pediatric oncology unit at the University Hospital of Treichville, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast).

[Catamenial hemothorax: Results of 11 operated cases].

Objective: To report our therapeutic approach toward catamenial hemothorax.

Patients And Methods: This retrospective study from January 1994 to November 2018 concerned patients operated under general anesthesia for catamenial hemothorax. A posterolateral thoracotomy approach was implemented either directly or after primary videothoracoscopy.

[Cerebral toxoplasmosis in the infectious diseases department of the CHU du Point G in people living with HIV].

Unlabelled: Toxoplasmosis is defined as a cosmopolitan protozoan disease caused by an obligate intracellular coccidia, . The advent of HIV infection has made cerebral toxoplasmosis one of the most widespread neurological opportunistic infections.

Method: We conducted a descriptive cross-sectional study with retrospective review of files of cerebral toxoplasmosis on HIV infected patients who had been hospitalized in the infectious diseases department of Point G University Hospital between January 1, 2014 and September 30, 2019.