Diarrhoea Patients in Sub-Saharan Africa with Low School Performance and Social Status: Relationship with Chronic Intestinal Parasitosis (Short communication)

Diarrhoea Patients in Sub-Saharan Africa with Low School Performance and Social Status: Relationship with Chronic Intestinal Parasitosis (Short communication)

The occurrence of enteric parasites (geohelminths - GH) in developing countries is high. Studies on prevalence or incidence of GH are one of the possibilities to focus the attention of the health care politics to this particular problem. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of GH in a...

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Veröffentlicht in:Clinical social work journal / CWS 2018-01, Vol.9 (4), p.20-22
Hauptverfasser: Dorko, D., Juris, P., Durcova, B., Mulama, C., Bartkoviak, M., Krcmery, V., Mikolasova, G., Kimuli, D., Jalili, N.
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
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Anemia
Developing countries
Diarrhea
Genocide
Health care
LDCs
Malaria
Microscopy
Parasites
Preventive medicine
Rural areas
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Zusammenfassung:The occurrence of enteric parasites (geohelminths - GH) in developing countries is high. Studies on prevalence or incidence of GH are one of the possibilities to focus the attention of the health care politics to this particular problem. The aim of this study was to assess the prevalence of GH in a rural areas of Rwanda, Burundi, and South Sudan, all countries after huge social changes, eg. civil war or genocide within last 30 years. Low school performance is a result of chronic anemia related to GH.
ISSN:2222-386X
2076-9741
DOI:10.22359/cswhi_9_4_03