[Inquiry of knowledge, attitudes and practice of accidental acute poisoning in children of Yopougon (Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire].

Child poisoning represent a public health problem in Africa and their particularities are linked to the way of life the population. We have made in the course of March 1999 an inquiry on 55 mothers at Yopougon in Abidjan. This inquiry was focused on their knowledge, attitudes and practices in relation acute poisoning children. The results of this inquiry will serve to organize a sanitary education for parents on the behaviour to have in case of an accident.