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Moringa oleifera leaf powder (MLP) has exceptional nutritional properties due to its high content of micronutrients, fatty acids, and especially protein. This makes it a suitable ingredient for the fortification of taro flour. Taro is a high-energy product but low in protein and fat, which weanling children need for their normal development. This study aimed to evaluate the protein-energy contribution of MLP powder in infant taro porridge. Three fortified taro porridges named FTP10% (Taro + 10% of Moringa), FTP15% (Taro + 15% of Moringa) and FTP15% (Taro + 15% of Moringa) were performed. Their analyses indicated significant increases (P<0.05) in crude protein content, energy value and titratable acidity from 0.580 0046% to 1.570 0052%, 82.137 143% to 88.807 1658% and from 0.130 0017g/100g to 0.380 0010 g/100 g respectively. KEYWORDS: Proximal composition, taro porridge, Moringa oleifera.

Introduction: Every year, nearly 4 million people pass away from acute respiratory infections. 98% of such deaths are due to lower respiratory tract infections. Even though studies have been carried on lower respiratory infections x-ray aspects in Mali, very few studies have been done to reveal bacteriological and virological evidence of this disease. Materials and methods: It is about a descriptive prospective study carried out from January to December 2018 having involved patients of all ages, coming for medical consultation at the Yirimadio Community-based health center as well as children from 6 months to 15 years old coming at the pediatric department of UHC Hôpital du Mali for a lower respiratory infection. They had all undergone chest X-ray and a PCR. The purpose: of this work is to study etiological and x-ray aspects of acute lower respiratory infections at the Yirimadio Community-based Health Center and at the UHC pediatric department of Hôpital du Mali. Findings: From January to December 2018, we recorded a frequency of 1.19%. The age group 0 -5 years was the most represented (64.5%) with a sex ratio of 0.97 for women. Cough was the most common clinical sign (98.

Rabies is a zoonotic disease of viral origin transmitted mainly to humans by biting or licking the injured skin of sick animals. It is an untreatable disease that is fatal once it has been declared. Worldwide, 59,000 cases of rabiesrelated deaths are recorded each year. The diagnosis of rabies is clinical, biological, and anatomopathological. The aim was to establish the laboratory confirmation capacity for human rabies in Mali. The patient, a Malian female, aged four years, was bitten by a dog around her house in district sixth of Bamako near national road number six in 2020. The patient visited the doctor after a two-month bite. However, she was neither referred to the health center for an effective therapeutic measure nor vaccination (post-exposure prophylaxis). The patient was presented with psychomotor excitation, hypersalivation, aerophobia, and hydrophobia symptoms and visited a Malian hospital named "Hospital of Mali". The patient was admitted with a history of animal bites and symptoms of rabies, and the patient was classified as a probable rabies case. The patient was then referred to an infectious disease physician and hospitalized. After referring the patient to the infectious disease physician, the physician sent oral swab and cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) samples to confirm to the Laboratory of Applied Molecular Biology. Human rabies was confirmed (RT-PCR) by the zoonotic unit of the Laboratory of Applied Molecular Biology. Diagnosis and therapy of human rabies without post-exposure management after a dog bites were still challenging.