Diarrhoeal diseases in the Gelukspan Health Ward 1983-94

Abstract

Part one of a three-part article This article is divided into 3 parts. In Part I a general introduction to the Health Seruices in the Gelukspan District is given with the reasons for such a suruey. The data from children admitted with dinrrhoeal diseases to our ward ouer a period of 7 months are armlysed, utith regard to seasonal, age, sqcual and nutritional factors as well as mortality. Then the 70 questionnaires completed with the caretakers of the aboue children are discussed and analysed Part II represents the resulfs of a community suruey on Diarrhoeal Diseases condurted in 1984, including the attitudes and knowledge of the caretakers concening this disease and aspects of domestic hygiene. In Part III the findings are discussed in relation to other surveys in trying to understand what is happening regarding Diarrhoeal Diseases in the Gelukspan areas. Some conclusions and recommendations are made.