| dc.contributor.author | Wood, Michael | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2021-08-21T07:20:06Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2021-08-21T07:20:06Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 6/16/1969 | |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://repository.amref.org/handle/123456789/115 | |
| dc.description | 1969 East African Medical Journal | en_US |
| dc.description.sponsorship | Perhaps it is salutary for those of us who live in the luxury of Nairobi to
consider for a moment the medical problems at the periphery. It goes without
question that the centre has to be built up first in order to train staff for the
district hospitals; Kenya cannot afford to do everything at once and we must
accord this as a priority in this stage of our development-hence the development
of our University and the extensions to the Kenyatta National Hospital.
Health has never been considered a priority, either pre- or post-independence,
and therefore the proportion of the budget spent on the health services is
still small. You cannot eat health and you cannot sell or export it , and therefore
the economists have managed to persuade the politicians that it has a low
priority. Education, Agriculture, Communications and even the Tourist
Trade are rated higher, and indeed it is arguable that this should be so for
the present. Little notice is taken of the argument-admittedly difficult
to prove-that production would go up if \\"C had a healthier population.
However, unless we produce more we shall not be able to pay for the social
services for which everyone is clamouring. What are the problems at the
periphery and to what extent do communications add to the difficulties? | en_US |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | East African Medical Journal | en_US |
| dc.subject | Communications | en_US |
| dc.subject | East Africa | en_US |
| dc.subject | Nairobi | en_US |
| dc.subject | Kenyatta National Hospital | en_US |
| dc.subject | Tourist | en_US |
| dc.subject | Turkana | en_US |
| dc.subject | Kakuma | en_US |
| dc.subject | Flying Doctor Service | en_US |
| dc.subject | Leprosy | en_US |
| dc.subject | African Medical and Research Foundation | en_US |
| dc.subject | Kenya Air Force | en_US |
| dc.subject | Kenya Police | en_US |
| dc.subject | Airstrips | en_US |
| dc.subject | Mombasa | en_US |
| dc.title | The Problem of Communication in Medical Practice in East Africa | en_US |
| dc.type | Article, Journal | en_US |
