Improving the health of nomadic people -- the example of cystic hydatid disease

Article Abstract:

The Turkana District is located in north-western Kenya and is the home of the Turkana people, a nomadic group which has an unusually high rate of cystic hydatid disease. The disease is often communicated from a dog, and so a program was instituted starting in 1983 to try and decrease the disease in dogs. Information was also disseminated to the people of Turkana.

Kenya, Health aspects, Prevention, Public health, Echinococcosis, Turkana (African people)

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Caring for people with AIDS in rural Africa

Article Abstract:

The Salvation Army hospital in rural South African, Ghana, and Zambia has developed an extensive, community-based counseling, care, and prevention program. Families and villages are enlisted to provide support and continuity of post-hospital care.

Social policy, HIV patients, Africa, Church, Social problems, Church and social problems, Salvation Army

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