Community-based wound management in a rural setting of Cote d'Ivoire.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Wounds are a neglected health problem in rural communities of low-income countries, mostly caused by trauma and ulcerative skin diseases including Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs) and associated with systemic complications and disability. Rural communities have limited access to high quality health services-based wound care.

Methods

We conducted a prospective observational study on wound management at three levels-community (C), health centre (HC), district hospital (DH)-in a rural community of Côte d'Ivoire. Patients with skin wounds actively identified in a house-to-house survey and passively in the health services in a defined area of the Taabo Health and Demographic Surveillance System were asked to participate and followed-up longitudinally. Endpoints were

SUBMITTER: Toppino S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9560516 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature