title: Primary health care in Sierra Leone.
abstract: Two pilot primary health care programmes are compared. One is primarily concerned with covering the national population by the year 2000; the other is more concerned with community participation and culturally-appropriate health care organisation. Strengths and weaknesses of the two pilot programmes are assessed in relation to national financial constraints, epidemiological patterns, and the socio-cultural structure of rural chiefdoms. The comparison concludes with specific recommendations for a national programme which incorporates the best of both pilot programmes.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005260:Female; D006280:Health Workforce; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D012423:Rural Health; D012807:Sierra Leone