Health and disease in rural Ethiopia

Yale J Biol Med. 1975 May;48(2):105-15.

Abstract

Ethiopia, among the world's poorest countries, suffers from a full spectrum of health problems. A plastic surgeon and a public health physician present their experiences in Sidamo province in the Rift Valley.

MeSH terms

  • Burns / surgery
  • Developing Countries*
  • Epidemiology*
  • Ethiopia
  • Eye Diseases / epidemiology
  • Female
  • Health Workforce / supply & distribution
  • Humans
  • Leprosy / epidemiology
  • Malaria / epidemiology
  • Male
  • Nutrition Disorders / epidemiology
  • Peptic Ulcer / epidemiology
  • Poverty
  • Rural Population
  • Schistosomiasis / epidemiology
  • Sexually Transmitted Diseases / epidemiology
  • Surgery, Plastic
  • Tuberculosis / epidemiology
  • Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne / epidemiology