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E H Parry

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PubMed1968

Ethiopian cardiovascular studies. Case-finding by mass miniature radiography.

No large series of patients with cardiovascular disease has yet been reported from Ethiopia, where only limited means for investigation are at present available. The authors therefore studied the types of heart disease detected by mass miniature radiography in a largely self-selected population at the Addis Ababa Tuberculosis Centre, and examined the value of this method of cardiac case-finding. Rheumatic heart disease occurred in 34.8% of patients, but syphilitic aortitis, hypertension, "cardiomyopathy" and tuberculous pericarditis were also common. Endomyocardial fibrosis was not seen; this may be a further significant fact in the search for its cause. Mass miniature radiography is valuable for detecting symptomatic patients with the cardiovascular diseases mentioned above. The technique described in this paper could be used in other developing countries as it uses a single method of screening for 2 groups of diseases.

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Medical education's role in primary care/community health: a model from Kumasi, Ghana.

Providing primary care for the medically underserved is an international problem. In the developing world the problem is accentuated by the disparity between resources and needs. Although during the past few decades much has been accomplished worldwide to improve primary care, medical educators have not adequately responded to the challenge of preparing students to participate in community health services, education, and research. This paper describes a medical school program from the Department of Community Health, School of Medical Sciences, Ghana. It is a program designed to prepare medical students for primary care by making community health a curriculum component of all three years of medical education. The program has potential for replication in the industrial as well as the developing world.

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