Cheikh Anta Diop University

Pyoderma gangrenosum and sickle cell vaso-occlusive crisis: fortuitous association or causal relationship ?: a case report

Abstract Background The association between pyoderma gangrenosum (PG) and painful vaso-occlusive crisis (VOC) in sickle cell disease (SCD) patients is a rare clinical entity, rarely reported in the literature (it is the 3rd published case). It illustrates a critical therapeutic d...

The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) Guideline on Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders Management for Low- and Middle-Income Countries

There is a pressing need to address the unique challenges of managing Schizophrenia Spectrum Disorders (SSD) in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (LMICs), where mental health resources are scarce and unevenly distributed. To develop this evidence-based guideline, we conducted a sy...

Progress towards Onchocerciasis elimination in Senegal’s historical transmission zones, following sustained annual mass drug administration and multilevel surveillance

Onchocerciasis remains a major public health problem in sub-Saharan Africa, despite decades of control efforts. In Senegal, transmission was historically focal but intense along the Gambia and Falémé river basins in the southeast of the country. Building on the legacy of the Onch...