Abstract:
students and other health workers,
to achieve competence in the understanding and management of priority problems in Primary
Health Care in Zambia, Uganda, Tanzania, and Kenya. It is applicable to other countries with
similar problems.
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Each chapter of the manual, has objectives related to an important Primary Health Care topic,
and defines the knowledge, skills and attitude required to meet these objectives.
The manual is intended to supplement paediatric texts and reference material, and is a targeted
aid to Primary Health Care problem solving both in tertiary and Primary Health centres, which
should both be the major sites for relevant health learning.
Some of the chapters contain case illustrations designed to facilitate learning by presenting rea1-
life problems relevant to the topic.
The manual contains self evaluation questions and a list of objectives. Other learning materials
supplied by other institutions and organizations like W.H. 0., UNICEF, etc. may be very useful.
For the manual to be of continuing value, the students and the teachers must add relevant details
of priority health problems in their region with particular focus and emphasis on the overall child
health programmes. This should include collaborative emphasis on links between the training
programmes and the country's health care system, both governmental and non-governmental.
In order to adapt to the rapidly changing field of primary health care teaching, revisions and
additions to the problems presented here, must be developed by teachers and students to reflect
changing priorities and approaches.
