TY  - CHAP
M1  - Book, Section
TI  - Global Health
A1  - Berggren, Ruth E.
A1  - Usatine, Richard P.
A2  - Usatine, Richard P.
A2  - Sabella, Camille
A2  - Smith, Mindy Ann
A2  - Mayeaux, E.J.
A2  - Chumley, Heidi S.
A2  - Appachi, Elumalai
PY  - 2015
T2  - The Color Atlas of Pediatrics
AB  - Common  River  is  a  US-based  nongovernmental  organization  (NGO)  implementing  a  community  development  program  in  Aleta  Wondo,  Ethiopia.  This  NGO  is  founded  on  the  principle  of  positive  deviance,  in  which  local  best  practices  are  identified  and  replicated  to  maximize  agricultural  production  (organically  grown  coffee  is  produced  in  this  region),  as  well  as  to  improve  the  nutritional  status,  health,  and  education  of  orphaned  and  vulnerable  children.  Since  2009,  a  group  from  the  University  of  Texas  School  of  Medicine  has  travelled  annually  to  Aleta  Wondo  to  provide  school  health  screening  and  free  health  care,  including  treatment  of  endemic  helminth  infections,  trachoma,  and  skin  diseases,  while  collaborating  with  and  supporting  the  local  government-sponsored  health  clinic  (Figures  7-1A  and  B).  In  Figure  7-1C,  the  schoolchildren  of  Common  River  are  looking  at  the  new  group  of  American  medical  students  that  have  just  arrived  in  Africa.  In  the  coming  week,  these  children  will  receive  oral  albendazole  to  treat  intestinal  parasites  and  have  complete  physical  exams  to  detect  and  treat  other  common  conditions,  such  as  head  lice,  tinea  capitis,  trachoma,  and  foot  infections.  Note  that  many  of  the  children  are  barefoot.  In  Figure  7-1D,  a  group  of  women  have  just  completed  their  woman’s  literacy  class  for  the  day.  Improving  women’s  literacy  can  improve  the  health  of  the  entire  community.  
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PB  - McGraw-Hill Education
CY  - New York, NY
Y2  - 2024/04/18
UR  - accesspediatrics.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1114869238
ER  -