Abstract
We report on an evaluation of a Nutrition Rehabilitation Unit (NRU) at the request of Medecin du Monde (South Africa) on behalf of the St Peter's Heakth Centre (SPHC) in Winterveld. Winterfeld is a sprawling squatter camp north of Pretoria, the capital of South Africa, with huge socio-economic and environmental problems. The prevelance of protein-energy malnutrition in the community was recently measured but the results are still not available. Nevertheless malnutrition is a common clinical problem at the SPHC. For this reason a NRU was initiated in 1989. The evaluation had two components: an unstructured interview with health workers at SPHC and the NRU, and an analysis of all the records of patients admitted to the unit since it opened. Here we report on the findings of the unstructured interviews. Many of the problems at the NRU are related to managerial failures that could be corrected with very simple and basic steps as discussed.
Sign-in/Register to access full text options 
Talk to us
Join us for a 30 min session where you can share your feedback and ask us any queries you have
Schedule a callDisclaimer: All third-party content on this website/platform is and will remain the property of their respective owners and is provided on "as is" basis without any warranties, express or implied. Use of third-party content does not indicate any affiliation, sponsorship with or endorsement by them. Any references to third-party content is to identify the corresponding services and shall be considered fair use under The CopyrightLaw.
