Group occupational health service in a developing country.
In 1967 an experimental group occupational health service was set up in Dar es Salaam to provide direct service to industrial firms. Larger companies were visited by a doctor, smaller firms in rotation by auxiliaries. After three years 65 companies had joined with over 15,000 employees, and workers were attending the group dispensaries at a rate of over 250,000 visits a year. Such an approach through direct service to the working community appears to be more appropriate to a developing country than a purely advisory central occupational health unit.
D003906:Developing Countries; D004470:Economics, Medical; D006123:Group Practice; D008952:Mobile Health Units; D009786:Occupational Health Services; D009787:Occupational Medicine; D013636:Tanzania