Question

How are the major health issues within a developing low-resource nation assessed? What types of data have you found to be the most challenging to obtain in this setting?

Answer 1

The major health issues with in a developing nation can be assesed by data regarding the poor water quality availability and sanitation. The vector borne diseases, air quality, and toxic substances.

The health issues of a country can be maily assessed by various types of epidemiological studies and surveys.

Various types of epidemiological study include

• Descriptive studies
• Analytic studies

Descriptive studies include

1. Case reports
2. Case series
3. Ecological reports
4. Cross sectional studies

Analytical studies include

1. Observation study types
2. Experimental study types

These include various categories like case control, cohort, clinical trials, preventive trials, and community intervention trials.

Major problems faced during the collection of data are insufficient resources, inappropriate allocation and inadequate quality. These factors will affect the delivery of effective healthcare that reaches the poor.

Data collection is also an important issue in this setting. Most are time consuming and expensive. The data collection is the major types of issues faced. In this scenerio personal data collection is the most challenging. We have to reach each and every person to collection of data.