Primary healthcare strategies (PHCs)

Question 1

Oral Rehydration Therapy (ORT)

Answer 1

Mixture of water, salt and sugar.
For dehydration from acute diarrhoea diseases.
Made especially for babies.
WHO & Unicef have official guidelines for ORT

Question 2

Effectiveness of ORT

Answer 2

-Easy, cheap and an effective remedy for dehydration
-WHO estimated that in 2006-2011 33% of children under 5 were receiving ORT.

Question 3

Health education

Answer 3

Establishment of clinics provide advice on nutrition, family planning and health education.
i.e the development of health education schemes in schools, community plays concerning AIDS, with groups of expectant mothers.

Question 4

Effectiveness of health education

Answer 4

Songs, plays, stories are very important in spreading health messages in illiterate populations, i.e how AIDS is spread
Building establishments can be very expensive.