Evaluation of child health services at Gelukspan Community Hospital, Radithuso, Bophuthatswana, 1976-1984.
Since the independence of Bophuthatswana in 1977 many new services have been established. The policy of the Department of Health and Social Welfare to practise primary health care has been implemented step by step and special attention has been given to the well-being of infants and preschool children. During this period several parameters of child health have been monitored, such as mortality rates, nutritional status and immunization status. In a few years significant changes have taken place.
D002662:Child Health Services; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003968:Diarrhea, Infantile / Q000401:mortality; D005069:Evaluation Studies as Topic; D006284:Health Plan Implementation; D006293:Health Promotion; D006304:Health Status; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn; D008171:Lung Diseases / Q000401:mortality; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011502:Protein-Energy Malnutrition / Q000401:mortality; D012424:Rural Population; D013019:South Africa; D013223:Statistics as Topic