title: [Skin diseases in Sierra Leone].
abstract: Today there is no Third World country in Africa that offers sufficient basic services for skin diseases. This paper describes the distribution and clinical aspects of skin diseases in school children, soldiers, the city population and villagers of Sierra Leone. Poverty-linked types of dermatosis play a major role throughout the country. The high prevalence rates and clinical degree make skin diseases a severe public health problem in Sierra Leone.
mesh_terms: D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003881:Dermatomycoses / Q000175:diagnosis; D006801:Humans; D007918:Leprosy / Q000175:diagnosis; D009855:Onchocerciasis / Q000175:diagnosis; D011203:Poverty; D012807:Sierra Leone; D012871:Skin Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology; D012883:Skin Ulcer / Q000175:diagnosis
vernacular_title: Hautkrankheiten in Sierra Leone.