Introduction: Severe acute malnutrition (SAM) remains a major public health problem among children under 5 years of age in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Hospital care can represent a significant financial burden for households, potentially leading to catastrophic healthcare expenditures. This study aimed to compare the direct and indirect financial costs of care for children with SAM and for those with normal nutritional status hospitalized for other conditions. Methods: A cross-sectiona...

Public Health  Sociology 

Background: Pediatric ENT emergencies are high-acuity presentations that require rapid intervention. In low-resource settings, they expose system fragilities, limited pediatric airway capacity, inequitable access, and high empirical antibiotic use, yet data from Burundi remain scarce. Objective: To analyze epidemiological patterns, etiologies, access inequities, management pathways, and antibiotic exposure among pediatric ENT emergencies at CHUK and derive feasi...

Public Health  Health Policy  Clinical Medicine  Otorhinolaryngology 

Introduction: Child malnutrition remains a major public health concern in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, particularly in the Kasaï province. This phenomenon disproportionately affects children under five years old, who are vulnerable to the devastating consequences of undernutrition. The aim of this study is to assess the nutritional status of children aged 0 to 59 months hospitalized in the Kalonda West and Ditekemena hospitals between January and September 2023. ...

Public Health 

Oral lichen planus (OLP) is a chronic inflammatory condition with diverse clinical presentations, the reticular form being the most common. A rare pigmented variant presents as dark brown macules resulting from melanocytic hyperactivity driven by chronic inflammation. Although benign, this post inflammatory pigmentation requires regular monitoring due to the malignant transformation risk associated with OLP. In this article, we report a rare case of pigmented oral lichen planus involving an unus...

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Background: Oral and dental infections during pregnancy have been associated with adverse obstetric outcomes, including preterm birth, pre-eclampsia, low birth weight, and miscarriage. Awareness of this link among obstetric healthcare professionals is crucial to ensure timely referrals for dental care. This study assessed the knowledge and attitudes of obstetric staff in public hospitals in Niamey, Niger. Methods: A cross-sectional, descriptive, multicenter surv...

Public Health  Dentistry  Women’s Health 

The integrated management of multi-campus hospitals is essential for improving contemporary hospital management systems and facilitating the modernization of governance frameworks and management skills and is necessary for achieving optimal hospital development. From a systems theory perspective, the integrated management of multi-hospital campuses should be regarded as a cohesive and unified system to attain optimization and improvement. This necessitates improving institutional supply, maximiz...

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Introduction: The territory of Malemba Nkulu experiences the highest rates of pulmonary tuberculosis detection in the country. This rate exceeds the detection rate for the entire Haut Lomami province for pulmonary tuberculosis, surpasses the national average detection rate, and the estimated detection rate by the WHO for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The aim of this study was to determine the patient delay and the health system delay, as well as to identify the factors a...

Public Health 

Introduction: Road traffic accidents are a real public health issue worldwide. Every second, a case is reported. The cost incurred by this phenomenon is just the tip of the iceberg. Many victims are unable to cope with the direct costs due to a lack of social protection systems, especially in low- and middle-income countries. The objective of our study is to evaluate the direct costs of care for victims of road accidents in Mbandaka. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional study on road traffic ...

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Introduction: The required immunization coverage of at least 90.0% has not been achieved in most parts of Nigeria. The routine immunization [RI] knowledge, attitude, and practice of mothers towards achieving the recommended coverage for all the vaccines have remained poor in Nigeria, especially in the northern part leading to high morbidity and mortality of children below the age of five years. There were suggestions that a lack of knowledge of the benefits of childhood routine ...

Public Health 

Introduction: Training is a factor in change and modification of the visions and practices of the members of a community. That is why training community members encourages community relays (RECO) to acquire skills in a practical way. The objective of this study was to identify the different training themes received by community relays in the Mumbunda Health district over a period from January 2021 to December 2024. Methods: This is a cross-sectional descriptive ...

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