The Situation of Medical Support for Ethiopian Victims of Droughtiness

Some Problems of Thinking about Medical Support

Abstract

The Japanese medical support was given to Ethiopian victims of droughtiness, as the results:
The decrease of death rate was recognized by our various treatment and medical service. The cause of death on inpatients ranked first dehydration and malnutrition, secondly relapsing fever and thirdly bacterial dysentery. Most of patients had some complications such as dehydration, kwashiokor and marasmus.
Four handred families of victims that were chosen at random were taken the questionaire investigation. The cause of suffering was the hunger with drought. The term of wandering for food, water, clothes and medicine was thirty to sixty days on the average.
We must consider that the essence on medical support is not only medical treatment but also the relief of human. So we must understand their cultural background such as ethics and sense of worth and morals especially religion.