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Socio-cultural problems in the execution of a Guinea worm control programme. A case report
1Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria.
Tropical and Geographical Medicine
|October 1, 1990
Abstract:
It is a known fact that dracunculiasis (guinea worm infection) can be controlled through the provision of clean water. This case report elucidates some of the problems militating against the effectiveness of such a control method in a rural and illiterate community. These problems are borne from inappropriate equipment, health education and cultural prejudices. Solutions to these problems are suggested.