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    Accessibility of diagnostic and treatment centres for visceral leishmaniasis in Gedaref State, northern Sudan.

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    Authors
    Gerstl, S
    Amsalu, R
    Ritmeijer, K
    Affiliation
    Médecins Sans Frontières Holland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands. sgerstl@aol.com
    Issue Date
    2006-02
    
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    Journal
    Tropical Medicine & International Health
    Abstract
    OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the accessibility of visceral leishmaniasis (VL) treatment. METHOD: Community-based study using in-depth qualitative interviews and focus group discussions with key informants, as well as quantitative questionnaires with 448 randomly selected heads of households in nine representative villages in three geographical sub-regions. RESULTS: Despite the high incidence of the disease, most people in Gedaref State know little about VL, and help at a treatment centre is usually sought only after traditional remedies and basic allopathic drugs have failed. Factors barring access to treatment are: lack of money for treatment and transport, impassability of roads, work priorities, severe cultural restrictions of women's decision-making power and distance to the next health center. CONCLUSIONS: To provide more VL patients with access to treatment in this highly endemic area, diagnostic and treatment services should be decentralized. Health education would be a useful tool to rationalise people's health-seeking behaviour.
    Publisher
    Wiley-Blackwell
    URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10144/16794
    DOI
    10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01550.x
    PubMed ID
    16451340
    Additional Links
    http://www.blackwell-synergy.com/loi/tmi
    Language
    en
    ISSN
    1360-2276
    ae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
    10.1111/j.1365-3156.2005.01550.x
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