Global warming and mosquito-borne diseases in Africa: a narrative review.

Human activity has a direct influence on the climate on our planet. In recent decades, the greater part of the scientific community has united around the concept of Global Warming (GW). This process highly impacts the geographical distribution of mosquitoes and Mosquito-Borne Diseases (MBD). The examined scientific publications show that Africa, especially sub-Saharan countries were and still hot spot of MBD globally. The economic, social, and environmental conditions prevailing in most African countries have effectively contributed to the spread of MBD. The current situation is very worrying, and it will get even more complicated as GW gets worse. In this regard, health systems in developing countries will have serious difficulties in health policies and public health activities to control the spread on MBD. Therefore, the governments of African countries should do more to combat MBD. However, a part of the responsibility lies with the international community, especially countries that contribute to GW. In conclusion, the analysis of the scientific literature showed that with increasing importance of GW leads to an increase in the prevalence of MBD.

Incidence rates of dysentery among humans in Lemghaier province, Algeria.

Introduction: Dysentery is an infectious clinical syndrome which can cause high morbidity and mortality, especially in developing countries. This research highlights the epidemiological features of dysentery in Lemghaier province, Algeria. Methods: A retrospective study of the incidence rates of dysentery in Lemghaier province, Algeria and overall for the whole country for the period from January 2001 to December 2018 was carried out. On a local level data were provided by the Directorate of Health and Population of El-Oued province, Algeria. At the national level data were provided by the National Public Health Institute, Algeria. Results: An overall number of 1,786 cases of dysentery were notified, with an incidence rate of 58.5 cases per 100,000 population (mean±SD: 58.54±47.20; 95% CI: 36.73-80.35). The high incidence rate was reported in autumn and summer, respectively, with 23.4 and 20.1 cases per 100,000 population. The high incidence rate observed in the persons aged 20-44 years with 76.4 cases per 100,000 population. Females were more likely to have dysentery than males, respectively, with 63.6 against 53.7 cases per 100,000 population. The highest incidence rate was reported in Lemghaier municipality (capital of the province) with 176.9 cases per 100,000 population. Conclusions: The results from this research showed high incidence rates of dysentery in Lemghaier province, Algeria. Тhis fact is a serious reason for national public health organizations to take adequate and timely measures to reduce the incidence rates of dysentery in this part of the country.

Caractéristiques épidémiologiques de la brucellose humaine dans la province d'El-Oued, sud-est algérien.

INTRODUCTION: Brucellosis, the most common zoonosis globally, is considered a major public health problem. OBJECTIVE: A retrospective study was carried out over 21 years (1998-2018) to determine the epidemiological features of human brucellosis in the province of El-Oued (south-eastern Algeria). RESULTS: 1,832 confirmed cases of human brucellosis were reported during the study period, with an average incidence rate of around 12.26 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. The annual distribution of the incidence was characterized by an increasing trend and a strong fluctuation ; its values ranged between 2.27 and 24.96 per 100,000 inhabitants. The monthly distribution showed that the highest incidence rates were recorded from mid-February to July, with a peak of 2.74 cases per 100,000 inhabitants in April.Human brucellosis has affected all municipalities. The highest incidence rate was observed in border municipalities such as Ben Guecha and Oum Tiour (89.76 and 66.14 per inhabitants, respectively).The incidence in the male population was higher than that of the female at 14.63 versus 9.83 per 100,000 inhabitants, respectively, noting that it increases with age. Individuals over 65 years are the most at risk, with an incidence rate of 22.32 per 100,000 inhabitants. CONCLUSION: Along with strengthening preventive measures in the population, eliminating brucellosis in animals is the most effective method to protect humans against infection.