World Health Organization : Regioinal Office for Africa ; Year 1993 ; Africa Region, Cancer, No. 4, Issue (Afr, Radiation 3): Establishment of a Radiotherapy Department at Mulaco Hospital, Kampala (Uganda)

By A. O. Sobo, Dr.

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Title:	World Health Organization : Regioinal Office for Africa ; Year 1993 ; Africa Region, Cancer, No. 4, Issue (Afr, Radiation 3): Establishment of a Radiotherapy Department at Mulaco Hospital, Kampala (Uganda)
Author:	A. O. Sobo, Dr.
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Language:	English
Subject:	Health., Public health, Wellness programs
Collections:	Medical Library Collection, World Health Collection
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Publisher:	World Health Organization


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Excerpt
During the twentieth century there have been remarkable changes in the problems of child health. Spectacular progress has been made with regard to childhood morbidity and mortality, due largely at the beginning of the century to infectious diseases, malnutrition and congenital deformities. These advances have been linked to better living conditions, better nutrition, provision of drinking-water and sewage disposal facilities, and medical progress. Against this background accidents, particularly traffic accidents, now head the table as the commonest cause of death in childhood, and they have become the most serious epidemic in the western world and a major problem in all countries.

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CONTENTS Page Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 . Statistical data on traffic accidents in childhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1 Methodological problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Child mortality from road accidents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.3 Morbidity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.4 Changes in the situation during the last 10-20 years . . . . . . . . . . . 2 . Etiological factors in traffic accidents in childhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.1 The traffic accident .a complex process . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.2 Geographic and chronological risk factors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.3 The child . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.4 The human environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.5 The material environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 . The prevention of road accidents in childhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.1 General problems . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.2 Information and education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.3 Environmental planning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.4 Legislative measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.5 Bodies and organizations working in the field of road accidents in childhood . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 . Conclusions and recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.1 Knowledge . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.2 Information and education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.3 Improving the road environment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.4 Organization-Legislation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4.5 Developing countries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .