East African medical journal
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A case of severe duodenal injury in a 20-year-old female due to blunt abdominal trauma secondary to road traffic accident is presented. The difficulty and hence delay in making a diagnosis of duodenal injury is discussed.
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Emergency oral health care, as conceived in Tanzania, is an on demand free-of-charge service provided by primary health workers called Rural Medical Aides(RMAs). ⋯ The majority in the rural Tanzanian villages surveyed knew about the availability of emergency oral health care services. The proportion of households which had used these services were relatively high compared to the time span. Inability to pay for the services was one of the perceived barriers to their utilisation.