A measure of South Africa's health care
Article Abstract:
Nurses in South Africa have many different responsibilities. Those at the Philani Nutrition Centres in a township near Cape Town treat malnourished children and mothers, and offer a basic health care service. In hospitals, nurses undertake much of the clinical work due to the cost of employing a full-time doctor. Both black and white individuals were well represented in nursing in South Africa. However race is still an issue.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1992
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A dangerous occupation
Article Abstract:
The work of a nurse working for Save the Children Fund in Mogadishu, Somalia, is presented. Five of SCF's therapeutic feeding centres serve 1,000 starving children each day. The service costs 1 million pounds sterling, and has 11 expatiates as employees. Its health centres for mothers and children provide for 10,000 people per day. The centres also provide immunisation, treatment of ill children, and antenatal care.
Publication Name: Nursing Times
Subject: Health
ISSN: 0954-7762
Year: 1992
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