to 12.8%. 79.8% of clients say that the cost of contraceptive products is affordable compared to 20.2%. Clients who attend the FP unit with their partner's consent accounted for 21.1% versus 78.9%. All providers were female. They only resort to Doctors in case of tubal ligation and resection. The preference of the female provider was explained by: Religion: "For Muslims, it is preferable to have one provider"; Personal convenience: "some women don't want to be examined by a man"; Convenience: "Women feel more comfortable with each other". Providers who thought that the opposition of the husband prevents women from practicing FP were 50%; 33.4% of the providers attribute it to the high cost of the products; 8.3% of them attribute it rather to religion.

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Angiostrongylus cantonensis is endemic in Mayotte and cases of meningitis due to angiostrongyliasis are regularly diagnosed in young children. In a 14-month-old boy with slow onset psychomotor regression, brain MRI revealed communicating hydrocephalus. RT-PCR for A. cantonensis on the CSF was positive. The evolution was favourable with repeated lumbar punctures and a two-week-treatment with albendazole and high-dose corticosteroids.

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