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Journal of Tropical Pediatrics 1985 31(4):219-222; doi:10.1093/tropej/31.4.219
© 1985 by Oxford University Press
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Does Health Intervention Ameliorate the Effects of Poverty Related Diseases?—1. Experience in Rural South India

P. Scheer*, A. Pinto*, S. Tuqa*, G. J. Ebrahim*, R. Abel** and D. Mukherjee**

*Tropical Child Health Unit, Institute of Child Health
**Rural Unit for Health and Social Affairs, Christian Medical College Vellore

In a community-based health programme in SouthIndia it was possible to demonstrate reduction in child mortality, especially so amongst the children of the disadvantaged. The various activities in primary health care when specifically targeted at the disadvantaged groups can help to cushion the adverse effects of poverty.


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