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Title:The Eritrean Public Health Program: A Model for Rural Africa
Author:Jones, Scott
Year:1991
Periodical:Northeast African Studies
Volume:13
Issue:2-3
Pages:7-17
Language:English
Geographic term:Eritrea
Subjects:health policy
public health
Health and Nutrition
External link:https://www.jstor.org/stable/43660087
Abstract:By the mid-1970s, several years of war in Eritrea had virtually dismantled the health service. Over the last fifteen years, however, the health care system in rural Eritrea has been transformed. Hospitals and clinics have been constructed and a large number of skilled personnel have been trained as part of a unique, integrated approach to rural development. This paper presents a history of the establishment of the Eritrean Public Health Programme and illustrates how the training of health workers has responded to the medical needs of rural areas influenced by war and drought and with a sizeable population of nomadic peoples. It pays attention to training centres and primary health care, traditional medicine and birth attendants, the training programme (training categories, selection of pupils, teaching methods, training publications), and problems with health care (medical and social effects of war and drought, coverage of nomads). Grassroots level education and training have played a major part in the construction of the Eritrean health service. The success of the Eritrean experience in primary health care may provide useful insights for others wishing to develop efficient and cost-effective health services. Ref.
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