THE ZONE OF INFLUENCE OF SOME RURAL HEALTH CENTRES IN MOZAMBIQUE

Abstract

ABSTRACT

To evaluate the area of influence of some rural health centres, the Ministry of Health of Mozambique surveyed a sample of outpatients who came to those health centres during the first half of 1982. The results revealed that for the five centres, the mean radius of patient activity was 8 to 13 kilo metres and 50% to 86% of the patients lived within a circle surrounding the health centre which had a radius of less than ten kilometres. Only one health centre was located in a district in which patient coverage seemed to be adequate with regard to distance.