Publisher's Synopsis
Looking at ways of improving paediatric care in developing countries, this book examines the practical application of epidemiological principles to deal with the health problems of the individual, the family and the community. Written as a standard text for in-service training programmes. it will also be useful in undergraduate and postgraduate education.;This second edition, like its predecessor, is chiefly aimed at the district medical officer and emphasizes the need to make the disadvantaged and undeserved rural and urban poor the focus of health development. Topics covered include the problem of malnutrition, growth and development; infectious diseases; epidemic illnesses; care of the newborn; and systematic diseases. The final chapter, "Provision", addresses a range of issues in health development and makes a call for paediatrics to move out of the hospital and into the community.
