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Kenya A Geomedical Monograph

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26.12.2011

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Springer Berlin

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138

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398 g

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Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1978

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J.A. Hellen + weitere

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Englisch

ISBN

978-3-642-66937-8

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Produktdetails

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Taschenbuch

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26.12.2011

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Springer Berlin

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138

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27,9/21/0,9 cm

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398 g

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Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1978

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  • J.A. Hellen
  • I.F. Hellen

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Englisch

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978-3-642-66937-8

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  • Produktbild: Kenya
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  • Methodological Considerations.- A. The Land and its Inhabitants.- I. Fundamentals of Physical Geography.- 1. Surface Configuration.- 2. Climate.- a) Precipitation.- b) Temperature.- 3. Hydrology.- 4. Ecological Potential.- II. Demographic Basis.- 1. Development of Population.- a) African.- b) Europeans.- c) Asians.- d) Arab.- 2. Distribution of Population.- 3. Structure of the African Population.- a) Ethnic Differentiation.- b) Age Structure.- 4. Internal Migrations.- III. Fundamentals of Settlement Geography.- 1. Rural Settlements.- 2. Urban Settlements.- 3. Central Place System.- 4. Health Problems in the Urban Sphere.- a) National Health.- b) International Health and Port Health in Nairobi and Mombasa.- IV. Fundamentals of Economic Geography.- 1. Agriculture.- a) Small-Scale Agriculture and Cattle Keeping.- aa) Livestock.- bb) Forms of Agricultural Techniques.- cc) Land Tenure.- dd) Relation of Peasant Farms to Marketing.- b) Large-Scale Ranching, Mixed Farming, and Plantations.- 2. Distribution of Population.- 3. Structure of the African Population.- 4. Energy Supply.- 5. Forestry.- 6. Fisheries.- 7. Internal and External Trade.- V. Transport and Tourism.- 1. Transport.- a) Railways.- b) Roads.- c) Waterways.- d) Air Transport.- 2. Tourism.- B. Health Services in Kenya.- 1. The Development of Health Services in Kenya until Independence in 1963.- 2. The Structure and Organisation of the Health Services since 1963.- 3. The National Health Budget.- 4. Church Health Services and other Voluntary Societies.- a) Church Health Services.- b) Voluntary Societies.- 5. Health Service Facilities and their Regional Distribution.- a) Hospital Services.- b) Basic Health Services.- c) Mental Health, Dental and Pharmaceutical Services.- d) Regional Distribution of Health Services.- aa) Hospitals.- bb) Hospital Beds.- cc) Physicians.- dd) Health Centres, Dispensaries.- 6. Medical Manpower and Training of Medical Personnel.- a) The Medical Profession.- b) The Paramedical Personnel.- 7. Hospital Insurance Act and Social Security.- a) The National Hospital Insurance Act..- b) The National Social Security Fund Act..- C. The Diseases of the Country.- Introduction: Source, Material, and Methods.- I. Diseases Transmitted by Arthropods.- 1. Malaria.- 2. Trypanosomiasis.- 3. Leishmaniasis.- a) Visceral Leishmaniasis (Kala Azar).- b) Cutaneous Leishmaniasis.- 4. Arthropod-borne Virus Diseases (Arbovirus Diseases).- 5. Diseases Caused by Bacteria and Bacteria-like Organisms and Transmitted by Arthropods.- a) Plague.- b) Rickettsioses.- c) Relapsing Fevers (Borrelioses Transmitted bei Ticks and Lice).- 6. Filarial Infections Transmitted by Arthropods (Filariasis).- a) Bancroftian Filariasis (Wuchereria bancrofti).- b) Onchocerciasis.- II. Infectious Diseases Usually Transmitted Directly from Man to Man (Contact and Air-borne Diseases).- 1. Tuberculosis.- 2. Leprosy.- 3. Leishmaniasis.- a) Foci in Western Kenya.- b) Foci in the Coastal Area.- c) Foci in the Taveta Area.- d) Focal Areas in the Central Low lands of Kenya.- e) Prevention and eradication.- 3. Smallpox.- 4. Cerebrospinal Meningitis.- 5. Yaws.- 6. Trachoma and other Infections Causing Blindness.- III. Infectious Diseases Usually Transmitted Indirectly from Man to Man by Water or Food (Water-borne and Food-borne Diseases) and Tetanus.- 1. Poliomyelitis.- 2. Viral Hepatiti.- 3. Typhoid Fever and other Enteritic Infections.- 4. Cholera.- 5. Amoebic Dysentery.- 6. Tetanus.- IV. Helminthic Infections Associated with Soil, Water, and Food.- 1. Intestinal Helminths.- 2. Schistosomiasis.- a) The Distribution of Schistosomiasis in Kenya.- b) The Ecology of the Intermediate Hosts in Kenya.- aa) Intermediate Hosts of S. haematobium.- bb) Intermediate Hosts of S. mansoni.- c) Regional Distribution of the Frequency of Schistosomiasis in Kenya.- 1) East Coast and Tana River Valleymansoni.- l a) Bura.- 2) Tavet.- 3) Kamba-Kitui.- 3a) The Adjacent Highland around Kitui.- 4) Aberdare and Mwea Tebere.- 5) Nyanza Region.- 6) Western Province.- V. Anthropozoonoses.- 1. Anthrax.- 2. Brucellosis.- 3. Echinococcosi.- 4. Leptospirosis.- VI. Nutritional Problems and Anaemias.- 1. Nutritional Problems.- 2. Anaemias.- VII. Diseases of Special Geomedical Relevance.- 1. The Geographical Distribution of Endemic Goitre.- 2. Fluorosis.- 3. Cancer and other Malignant Tumours.- 4. Diabetes.- D. Economic and Socio-geographical Classification and the Patterns of Health Services and of Disease Occurrence.- 1. African Peasant and Pastoral Societies.- a) Peasant Societies in Areas of Rainfed Agriculture over 1,500 m above Sea-Level.- b) Peasant Societies in Areas Rainfed Agriculture between Sea-Level.- c) African and Afro-Arabic Peasant Societies in Areas of Rainfed Agriculture in the Coastal Low-land.- d) African Peasant Societies in Marginal Areas of Rainfed Agri-culture.- e) African Peasant Settlement Schemes in Areas of Rainfed Agriculture.- f) African Peasant Societies (Tenant Farmers) in State-Organised Irrigation Scheme.- aa) Mwea Tebere Irrigation Scheme.- bb) Ahero and Kano II Irrigation Schemes.- cc) Irrigation Schemes on the Tana River.- dd) Perkerra Irrigation Scheme.- ee) Irrigation Schemes in the Yala Swamps Area.- g) African Peasant Societies with Irrigated Cultivation.- h) African Pastoral Societies in Predominantly Arid and Semi Arid Area.- 2. Class Societies.- a) Afro-European Class Societies Engaged in Pastoral Economy in Arid Area.- b) Afro-European Class Societies on large Farms in Areas of Rainfed Agriculture.- c) Afro-European Class Societies on Coffee Plantations.- d) Afro-European Class Societies on Tea Plantations.- e) Afro-European Class Societies on Sisal Plantation.- f) Afro-Asian Class Societies on Sugar Plantations.- Conclusions.- Annex.- References.- Illustrations.- Annex: Tables.- Table I: Population according to tribes.- Table II: Small farms and settlement schemes — Estimated crop areas by rains cycle.- Table III: Large farms — Land utilization 1974.- Table IV: Quantiry and value of fish landed — selected years 1966 – 1972 and projected for 1978 —.- Table V: Visitor days in Kenya by country of residence of visitors and purpose of visit, 1971, 1972, 1978.- Table VI: Details on “Estimates of Recurrent Expenditures on Health” by the Ministry of Health.- Table VII: “Estimates of Recurrent Expenditures” of the Governmen t of Kenya 1968/69 1973/74.- Table VIII: Hospital and hospital-bed-ratio per province in relation to areas and population to be covered, Kenya, 1970.- Table IX: Health centres and dispensaries by operating agency and province, 1970, and health centre — dispensary — population ratio per province.- Table X: The present strength of medical officers in Government hospitals, 1974.- Table XI: Relative frequency of 4 helminths from stool examinations in 54 hospital laboratories in Kenya from “Annual Laboratory Returns” 1958 – 1973 (cumulative) grouped by hospitals with similar frequency distribution pattern.- Table XII: Schistosoma haematobium findings from urine examinations in 54 hospital laboratories in Kenya from “Annual Laboratory Returns” 1958 – 1973, cumulative, grouped by hospitals with similar frequency distribution pattern of intestinal helmin ths.- Table XIII: Summary of results of examinations of school children in some districts of Kenya.- Table XIV: Gross domestic product by industrial origin for 1964 and 1974.- Figures.- Fig. 2. Population of Nairobi by sex and tribe, 1969.- Fig. 3. Population of Mombasa by sex and tribe, 1969.- Fig. 4. Hospital catchment area after.- Fig. 5. Trypanosomiasis, 1950 – 1972.- Fig. 6. Kala azar, 1945 – 1972.- Fig. 7. Tick ryphus, 1950 – 1970.- Fig. 8. Relapsing fever, 1950 – 1972.- Fig. 9. Tuberculosis vaccinations, 1962 – 1973.- Fig. 10. Smallpox, 1942 – 1972.- Fig. 11. Meningococcal meningitis, 1951 – 1972.- Fig. 12. Poliomyelitis, 1945 – 1972.- Fig. 13. Typhoid fever, 1945 – 1972.- Fig. 14. Anthrax, 1950 – 1972.- 1 Clinical Malaria.- 2 Meningococcal Meningitis.- 3 Hepatitis.- 4 Brucellosis.- 5 Pulmonary Tuberculosis.- 6 Acute Poliomyelitis.- 7 Tetanus.- 8 Anthrax.- Maps.- Map No. 1 Topography 1 : 2,000,000.- Map No. 2 Mean Annual Precipitation.- Map No. 3 Climatology.- Map No. 3a Ecological Zones.- Map No. 4 Distribution of Population.- Map No. 4a Ethnic Differentiation.- Map No. 5 Economic and Socio-Geographical Classification.- Map No. 6 Health Facilities.- Map No. 6a Health Services Density.- Map No. 7 Vector-borne Diseases: Bancroftian Filariasis — Leishmaniasis — Malaria — Onchocerciasis — Sleeping Sickness.- Map No. 8 Intestinal Helminths Relative Frequency and Geographical Distribution of Intestinal Helminths.- Map No. 9a Kwashiorkor, Measles, and Anaemias.