Primary Healthcare

Question 1

Describe primary healthcare strategies

Answer 1

Oral Rehydration Therapy
-Mixture of salt and sugar with clean water treatment for dehydration through diarrhoea
Vaccination programs (UNICEF polio campaign)
-targets rural areas where healthcare is difficult to access
Charities (WaterAid)
-installed VIP Toilets to improve sanitation
Barefoot Doctors
-provide health education through play/song

Question 2

evaluate the effectiveness of these strategies

(Primary Healthcare)

Answer 2

Oral Rehydration Therapy
-very effective due to being cheap and can be administered by untrained staff
Vaccination Programs (UNICEF polio campaign)
-By 2014 Polio was endemic in only Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nigeria
Charities (WaterAid)
-Ash compost from the VIP toilets improves crop yields
-By 2010 under 11% of people were without access to improved drinking water
Barefoot Doctors
-effective due to low literacy rates
-trusted by communities because they are local