Social and epidemiological determinants of gonorrhoea in an East African country.

Prevalence of gonorrhoea in prostitutes in a Central African town.

“…being between 15 and 25 years old. Verhagen and Gemert (1972) found 91 per cent. in the 16 to 30 year age group in Kenya.…”

“…For developing countries few com-parable figures exist. Verhagen and Gemert (1972) found a prevalence rate of 35 per cent. in prostitutes attending venereal disease clinics in Kenya, and of 21 per cent.…”

Role of the medical auxiliary in the control of sexually transmitted disease in a developing country.

“…Kenya (Verhagen and Gemert, 1972); Uganda (Arya, 1973); Nigeria (Osoba and Onifade, 1973;Osoba, 1974); Rwanda (Meheus, de Clercq, and Prat, 1974); Bangladesh (Morton, 1974) and other countries (Kiraly and Causse, 1974). Experience in Kenya (Verhagen, van der Ham, Heimans, Kranendonk, and Maina, 1971), Uganda (Arya and Bennett, 1974), and Zambia (Nwokolo, Hira, and Patel, 1974) shows that these diseases are being mismanaged to such an extent that there may now exist more problems than would have arisen if no treatment had been given.…”

“…Kenya (Verhagen and Gemert, 1972); Uganda (Arya, 1973); Nigeria (Osoba and Onifade, 1973;Osoba, 1974); Rwanda (Meheus, de Clercq, and Prat, 1974); Bangladesh (Morton, 1974) and other countries (Kiraly and Causse, 1974). Experience in Kenya (Verhagen, van der Ham, Heimans, Kranendonk, and Maina, 1971), Uganda (Arya and Bennett, 1974), and Zambia (Nwokolo, Hira, and Patel, 1974) shows that these diseases are being mismanaged to such an extent that there may now exist more problems than would have arisen if no treatment had been given. Very high rates of gonococcal strains less sensitive to penicillin and other antibiotics have been reported from Uganda (Arya and Phillips, 1970), Kenya (Verhagen and others, 1971), Bombay (Moses, Desai, Bhosle, and Trasi, 1971), Ethiopia (Plorde, Kidan, and Wright, 1973), and Thailand (Panikabutra and Suvanamalik, 1973) Table II.…”

Social and psychological aspects of venereal disease in Papua New Guinea.

“…of children under the age of 15 years had positive serological tests; this was attributed to yaws as there was no clinical evidence of syphilis in those examined. More recently, syphilis has been detected, and it has been postulated that infection had been acquired at Lae, a northern seaport, and introduced along the Highlands Highway to a community with lessened immunity (Rhodes and Anderson, 1970 (Verhagen and Gemert, 1972 contrasts with the situation in western society where a small proportion of the population often makes a large contribution to the venereal disease problem (Brown, 1961;Willcox, 1962;Lomholt and Berg, 1966;Glass, 1967). The common and diverse emotional sequelae following exposure to venereal infection among Europeans has been described (Hart, 1973), whereas Mbanefo (1968) (Maddocks, 1967b).…”