摘要：Figures See all figures Authors I. Sy , M. Keita , B. Lô , M. Tanner , G. Cissé Institut national de recherche en santé publique (INRSP), B.P 695 Nouakchott, Mauritanie, Inspection générale de la santé, ministère de la Santé, Nouakchott Mauritanie, Swiss Tropical and Public Health Institute (Swiss TPH), CH-4002, Bâle, Suisse Key words: diarrhea, hygiene, risk factor, children, Nouakchott, Mauritania DOI : 10.1684/mst.2012.0031 Page(s) : 217-9 Published in: 2012 In urban areas in Nouakchott, diarrheal diseases present a major public health problem, especially for children and adolescents. In August, 2008, a cross-sectional survey of 300 households in two adjacent districts of the city sought to study correlations between diarrheal disease and environmental health. The results show that 87 children of all ages had about 139 episodes of diarrhea, for an average prevalence of 14.8% that varied by age (23.6% in children younger than 5 years and 9.7% among children aged 5 to 14 years) and area (16.8% in Tevragh-Zeina and 28.3% in Sebkha). The univariate analysis indicates that 52% of the diarrhea risk was due to precarious basic hygiene. Studies of the specific causes of diarrheal diseases to help improve their treatment are necessary to supplement these epidemiological results.
