Author/Authors :
Al-Hamzi, H.H. Ministry of Public Health and Population, Yemen , Al-Zubairi, L.M. Sana’a University - Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences - Department of Community Medicine, Yemen , Raja’a, Y.A. SciencesSana’a University - Faculty of Medicine and Health - Department of Community Medicine, Yemen , Al-Dabagh, A.Y. Al-Mustansiriyah University - College of Medicine, Iraq , Al-Bayatti, N.M.F. Al-Mustansiriyah University - College of Medicine, Iraq
Abstract :
To evaluate the performance of health workers with respect to diagnosis and treatment of acute respiratory infection (ARI) and acute diarrhoea (AD) in children 5 years in 11 rural heath facilitiesin Yemen, we carried out a cross-sectional study on 219 cases of ARI and 93 cases of AD. Mean score for performance was 30.04 (range 21–39). The quality of care provided was fair in 89.4% and poor in 4.5% of cases. A “well done” performance of 6.3% was achieved by medical doctors but only 3.6% of medical assistants and 25% of medical assistants scored “poor” for performance, but only 2.5% of medical doctors. Health workers who had received training courses in ARI and AD performed slightly better than those who had not.
