Typhoid fever remains, today, a major public health problem worldwide with a universal estimate of 12 to 33 million annual cases. It is caused by a strictly human species, Salmonella typhi, discovered since 1880 by Eberth.Typhoid fever has long been the cause of human disasters across the world: in the 17th century, for example, 600 people died from this disease in James Towen in Virginia (USA).Indeed, the defective hygienic conditions of our immediate environment place S. typhi at the first rank of the main causes of food poisoning, typhoid fever is also the main disease of « dirty hands ».Formerly effective, most antibiotics have shown their limits: which leads researchers to turn to plants (traditional medicine) to assess their sensitivity to salmonella typhi.Costus afer has been used in certain regions as a medicinal decoction against hemorrhoids and liver diseases for a long time, we thought to test in vitro its activity against S. typhi.Of this research, 67% of the typhus strains tested were sensitive below 3%, the strains became resistant: 33% for greatly reduced concentrations.

Acute diarrhea is a cause of death due to lack of knowledge on proper care by mothers in the NGANDA TSUNDI sector in Tshela territory in DRC. The high observed mortality rate is due to mothers’ignorance of the management of diarrhea. The objective of this work was to assess the knowledge and attitudes of mothers on the management of diarrhea in the community among children from 0 to 5 years old in the sector of NGANDA TSUNDI.The samples of our research were collected in 5 villages of the aforementioned sector among mothers living in one of the five villages present on the day of our survey and having agreed to answer our questions.Indeed, the results showed that out of a total of 240 mothers surveyed:With regard to knowledge about the prevention of diarrhea at home, 140 respondents or 41% washed their hands, followed by those doing a good cooking and conservation of food with 21% and concerning the variable use of latrine with 6%.Regarding knowledge of the signs of diarrhea, 52% of mothers know the signs of diarrhea. Regarding the knowledge of home treatment for diarrhea, 67% of our respondents ignore the use of antibiotics, followed by those who use rice water with 58%.