Some aspects of primary healthcare in a rural part of Zaire

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ID14816975
AuthorsAntoon De Schryver (0000-0001-7048-1979, Ghent University, corresponding author)
Year1985
Volume1
Issue1-2
Publication date1985-03-29
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueAVRUG-bulletin/Afrika Focus (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0772-0793 • E-ISSN: 0772-084X
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.21825/af.v1i1-2.6624
OpenAlexW2758581621
LanguageEN
References cited3

Primary health care during the period 1980-1982 in the sector of Kasongo-Lunda, Zaire is considered. Health infrastructure and main health problems are discussed. These problems were mainly diarrheas, respiratory infections, malaria, tuberculosis, whooping cough, measles, malnutrition and wormrelated diseases. A vaccination programme against diphteria, tetanus, whooping cough, poliomyelitis, measles and tuberculosis was set up and adapted to W.H.O. recommendations in 1981. The incidence of measles and whooping cough declined dramatically during the period 1978-1982. Diarrhea was treated with oral rehydration. About 16% of the children under five years of age suffered from malnutrition, mostly related to worm diseases ; therefore, a suppressive dose of antihelminthics was given every three months. These results show that local health centers, concerned with everyday health problems of the population, can have a strong positive influence upon the general health situation of a rural population. KEYWORDS : primary health care, expanded programme of immunisation, measles, whooping cough, diarrhea, tuberculosis, malnutrition, wormdiseases

Diarrhea · Environmental health · Health care · Malaria · Malnutrition · Measles · Population · Respiratory infection · Respiratory system · Tuberculosis · Vaccination · Whooping cough · COVID-19 epidemiological studies · Medicine · Vaccine Coverage and Hesitancy · Immunology · Internal Medicine · Pediatrics

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