Authors: Browne SG
Publish Date: 1979/01/01
Volume: 73, Issue: 4, Pages: 357-366
Abstract
Illustrating his theme with references to personal experiences in the former Belgian Congo the author enlarges on the organization of a churchrelated comprehensive health care programme based on a chain of rural health centres and satellite dispensaries that brought curative and preventive medicine to the whole population within the area covered Trypanosomiasis was eradicated yaws and tuberculosis controlled cerebral malaria eliminated wormloads reduced and nutrition improved Leprosy was treated within the integrated service as soon as the sulphones became available
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