Dermatitis Paederus: About 06 Cases Occurred in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo

Democratic Republic of Congo

Programme outcome: The IFRC 2010 support strategy and plan for the Red Cross of the Democratic Republic of Congo (Red Cross of DRC) was based on the National Society’s (NS) 20092013 Strategic Development Plan and was designed to help the NS provide vulnerable communities with life-saving first aid, clean water and sanitation, health and hygiene promotion, HIV/AIDS support, sexual and gender bas...

Mortality in the Democratic Republic of Congo

Paederus Dermatitis

The problem of dermatitis is a common dermatological problem that can be seen worldwide. There are many kinds of dermatitis in clinical medicine. The paederus dermatitis is an interesting dermatitis. This kind of dermatitis is caused by poisonous insect[1]. The problematic causative insect that caused paederus dermatitis is called paederus insect[2]. This insect is a kind of bug that can be see...

Knowledge and attitude of schoolgirls about illegal abortions in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo

Background: Adolescent sexual activity, early pregnancy, induced abortion and the increase in HIV infection have become major concerns in sub-Saharan Africa and understanding adolescent sexual behaviour remains a challenge. In the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the practice of illegal abortions is prevalent among school-going adolescent girls with unplanned pregnancies. Assessing their att...

Paederus dermatitis.

days to larvae and adults. Paederus beetles are beneficial to agriculture because they eat crop pests. Paederus dermatitis, also known as dermatitis linearis1 or blister beetle dermatitis2 is a peculiar irritant contact The species commonly causing Paederus dermatitis are Paederus dermatitis characterized by erythematous and bullous lesions melampus in India, Paederus brasilensis in South Ameri...