title: [A medical evaluation mission to the mountain tribes on the high plateaus of central Vietnam].
abstract: The Vietnamity Association and Association for Aid to Ethnic Minorities in Vietnam is sponsoring a health plan for the mountain tribes living on the high plateaux of central Vietnam in the Kontum region. Within this framework a team of doctors undertook a medical evaluation mission in several villages in the region. The purpose of this report is to describe observation made in the subjects who consulted on a voluntary basis without active screening. A total of 618 subjects including 400 children were examined. Fifty Blood smears and 12 direct stool examinations were performed. Otorhinolaryngologic, respiratory, parasitic, and digestive disorders due mainly to poor hygiene of the skin and teeth were the most frequent reasons for consultation. Management of malaria and tuberculosis are urgent problems. Several realistic proposals are made based on the diseases observed, the populations involved, and the facilities at the disposal of the commissioning associations.
authors.affiliation: Service de Médecine Interne et de Pathologie Infectieuse et Tropicale, HIA Laveran, Marseille-Armées, France.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Gras
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Ba'da
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Peyron
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Anne
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Forestier
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Compain
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000531:Altitude; D002648:Child; D005006:Ethnicity; D006285:Health Planning; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand; D006304:Health Status; D006801:Humans; D008493:Medical Missions / Q000458:organization & administration*; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D008913:Minority Groups; D009017:Morbidity; D012423:Rural Health; D014744:Vietnam / Q000453:epidemiology