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Health Services in Kenya

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Kenya

Part of the book series: Medizinische Länderkunde / Geomedical Monograph Series ((LÄNDERKUNDE,volume 5))

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A regional medical monograph which seeks to present the reciprocal interactions between man and his physical, biological, and social environments in the modern sense of the word as defined by H. J. Jusatz (1963), i.e., as a medical ecology in the broadest sense of the word (Diesfeld, 1969), has to allow ample space for the health services of a country and their analysis.

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  1. Instituts für Tropenhygiene und öffentliches Gesundheitswesen am Südasien-Institut, Universität Heidelberg, Germany

    Professor Dr. med. H. J. Diesfeld

  2. Fachgruppe Geographie des Fachbereichs III, Universität Trier, Germany

    Professor Dr. rer. nat., Direktor H. K. Hecklau

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Diesfeld, H.J., Hecklau, H.K. (1978). Health Services in Kenya. In: Kenya. Medizinische Länderkunde / Geomedical Monograph Series, vol 5. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-66935-4_3

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