[Epidemiological study of diarrhea in children 0-5 yr of age]. / Etude épidémiologique des diarrhées chez les enfants de 0 à 5 ans.

The authors use an investigation carried out at Pikine Social Paediatric Institute on children consulting for diarrhoea to underline the epidemiological factors of this affliction in Dakar suburbs: the average age of the children is 14 months; almost half the children came from families with low or irregular incomes; coprologic examination showed parasitic germs in 26.7% of the cases, rotavirus in 24.4%, and bacteria in 17.6%.

[Congenital adrenal hyperplasia apropos of 7 cases at the University Hospital Center of Dakar]. / L'hyperplasie surrénale congénitale à propos de 7 observations au CHU de Dakar.

The authors depict the main clinical tables relating to endocrine and cytogenetic study on 7 confirmed cases and stress the difficulties they faced taking care of these children. These were dominated by: the unavailability of sufficient suitable medicine; and the absence of complementary examinations indispensable for biologically checking the children treated and for their therapeutic readjustment.