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A survey in the Mbeya region of Tanzania found a paralytic poliomyelitis prevalence of 2.95 per 1000 persons, highlighting the need for rehabilitation services across all age groups.
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A simple survey in Tanzania found a poliomyelitis prevalence of 2.95/1000, justifying the need for a rehabilitation service and highlighting the importance of including all age groups in such surveys.
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May inform rehabilitation planning in comparable low-resource settings; leaves open generalizability beyond this cross-sectional survey.
A simple cost effective survey to assess the need for a rehabilitation service for individuals disabled by poliomyelitis was carried out making the maximum use of the existing government administration. The field team consisted solely of a medical officer and a health officer. The prevalence rate for paralytic poliomyelitis in the Mbeya region of Tanzania was 2.95/1000 persons. The rate for children under 10 years was 1.15/1000, suggesting that the expanded immunisation programme started in 1977 was being successful. With approximately 4000 cases of paralytic poliomyelitis in the Mbeya region a rehabilitation service would seem to be justified. If poliomyelitis surveys are required for rehabilitation purposes they must include all age groups. In this survey, had only school children been considered, as recommended by the World Health Organisation, two thirds of the cases would have been excluded, thereby hardly justifying a rehabilitation service.
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Cross et al. (1985) conducted a cross-sectional in Paralytic poliomyelitis. Poliomyelitis survey was evaluated on Prevalence rate for paralytic poliomyelitis. A survey in the Mbeya region of Tanzania found a paralytic poliomyelitis prevalence of 2.95 per 1000 persons, highlighting the need for rehabilitation services across all age groups.
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