Research, training and drug testing in Sudan, 1971-1988.

Abstract In Sudan, almost every town has a small hospital, described as a 'one-doctor hospital', and traditionally, the newly graduated doctors are assigned to a hospital for two years, where they learned a trade and lived there. The wards are quite sparse in the hospital. While this is good for male graduates, it is not well received by parents of female graduates because Sudanese tradition expects women to marry and give birth in finish their study. To meet the demand for doctors in rural communities, Some changes were needed, and the School of Medicine solved this problem somewhat. problem by limiting consumption to 50% of men and 50% of men. This book chapter describes a physician's experience with schistosomiasis research and testing.