Investigation on defective children and some measures for intervention in Thua Thien- Hue province
- Author:
Dung Nguyen
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
malformation
- MeSH:
abnormalities;
Weights and Measures;
child
- From:Journal of Practical Medicine
2002;435(11):74-76
- CountryViet Nam
- Language:Vietnamese
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Abstract:
An investigation aimed to evaluate the rate of defective children, classify the defects and implement the operations and rehabilitation for 55162 children with ages of 0-15 in Thõa Thiªn HuÕ province during 1998-2001. The results have shown that the rate of defective children was about 4%. Of which 37.3% received operation with good results, and 28.6% received the rehabilitation in the centers, many children returned to normal life. Some of them equipped the tools, and supported the money for early integrating in the community
