Impact of intermittent preventive anti-malarial treatment on the growth and nutritional status of preschool children in rural Senegal (west Africa).

Negative consequences of malaria might account for seasonality in nutritional status in children in the Sahel. We report the impact of a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial of seasonal intermittent preventive anti-malarial treatment on growth and nutritional status in 1,063 Senegalese preschool children. A combination of artesunate and sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine was given monthly from September to November. In the intervention arm, mean weight gain was significantly greater (122.9 +/- 340 versus 42.9 +/- 344 [SD] g/mo, P < 0.0001) and losses in triceps and subscapular skinfold measurements were less (-0.39 +/- 1.01 versus -0.66 +/- 1.01 mm/mo, and -0.15 +/- 0.64 versus -0.36 +/- 0.62 mm/mo, respectively, P < 0.0001 for both). There was no difference in height increments. The prevalence of wasting increased significantly in the control arm (4.6% before versus 9.5% after, P < 0.0001), but remained constant in intervention children: 5.6% versus 7.0% (P = 0.62). The prevention of malaria would improve child nutritional status in areas with seasonal transmission

Simondon reconsidered : An interview with Nathalie Simondon

Nel presente contributo proponiamo un’intervista a Nathalie Simondon, responsabile dell’edizione dell’opera di Gilbert Simondon, al fine di fare luce sui temi di ecologia, enciclopedismo, transdisciplinarità e umanismo nella produzione filosofica di Gilbert Simondon.In this paper we propose an interview with Nathalie Simondon, responsible for the edition of Gilbert Simondon’s work, in order to shed a light on the topics of ecology, encyclopedism, transdisciplinarity and humanism in Gilbert Simondon’s philosophical production

Aménagements hydro-agricoles et santé (vallée du fleuve Sénégal)

Suite aux aménagements hydro-agricoles, les habitudes alimentaires de la vallée rejoignent celles de l'ensemble du Sénégal, le riz devenant la principale céréale consommée. Du point de vue alimentaire, le bénéfice du périmètre est actuellement discutable : d'un côté, il y a amélioration des ressources en grain et stabilisation des ressources alimentaires, de l'autre, il apparaît, par comparaison avec la situation dans la vallée il y a 35 ans, que les gains nutritionnels sont faibles et que l'on n'observe aucune différence dans les taux de malnutrition des enfants en âge préscolaire. (Résumé d'auteur