Health needs of clients as reported by medical practitioners from two districts of Sindh.

摘要: OBJECTIVE To identify the major health and reproductive problems for which people consult local medical practitioners. METHODOLOGY Forty-one practitioners completed a self-administered questionnaire. A startified purposive sample of was selected by asking community members from various towns rural areas to who have most busy practices are perceived as providing quality care. RESULTS Nine forty-one were females. Twenty-two consulted mainly women another seventeen an equal number men. Practitioners pointed malnutrition, malaria, gastrointestinal respiratory tract being common ailments. They identified menstrual problems, malnutrition among pregnant women, burning micturition vaginal discharge their clients. Only 16 said that they diagnosed someone in last one-month suffering sexually transmitted infections. CONCLUSION The survey helped developing understanding issues provider perspective. Findings indicate concordance between what has been revealed previous population based studies similar situations common. While comprehensive needs-assessment requires surveys qualitative interviews with communities, consultations relatively fewer could also provide quick fair approximation priority area.