Cutaneous Ulcers in Primary School Children in The South Tongu District Of The Volta Region
Date
1995-12
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University of Ghana
Abstract
The South Tongu District Health Administration has observed that skin
diseases and ulcers have been featuring prominently in their top ten
diseases reported at the OPD. Indeed for the past two years they ranked
second among the various diseases reported and available records showed
that the trend in 1995 may not be any different. The nature and
magnitude of the problem of ulcers is not known to the health authorities
since the cases of ulcers cannot be disaggregated from other skin disease
with which they are grouped on the reporting forms currently in use. It is
therefore important to find out the prevalence of ulcers in the district and
their characteristics such as the types of ulcers that are predominant, who
are affected and what kinds of treatment are applied on them. This would
give an insight to the problem and what intervention measures to
undertake.
This study was undertaken to investigate the prevalence of ulcers among
primary school children, compare the prevalence among school children
living within 1.5km of the Volta river to that of school children living
further away from the river and to describe the characteristics of the ulcers. The results would serve as a basis for a more extensive study on
the ulcers in the district.
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