Health and disease in rural Ethiopia.
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; Developing Countries; Epidemiology; Ethiopia; Eye Diseases; Female; Health Workforce; Humans; Leprosy; Malaria; Male; Nutrition Disorders; Peptic Ulcer; Poverty; Rural Population; Schistosomiasis; Sexually Transmitted Diseases; Surgery, Plastic; Tuberculosis; Typhus, Epidemic Louse-Borne