Skin Disease and Socioeconomic Conditions in Rural Africa: Tanzania

Abstract

Skin disease as highly prevalent in the villages surveyed, especially transmissible diseases in the younger age groups. Household density was the only socioeconomic factor significantly associated with skin disease. Reduction of household density is an attainable intervention that could reduce the prevalence of skin disease in rural African populations. Simple studies like this one should be the first step in community dermatology, assessing the burden of skin disease in communities and looking for particular factors with which public health interventions could effectively reduce the prevalence of skin disease.

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