Social aspects of health care in Igbo-Ora, Nigeria

The philosophy and aims of a health care scheme in Igbo-Ora, Nigeria, are outlined. Some of the problems related to creating a data base from which work can proceed are set out and discussed. Social factors are mentioned, and attention is drawn to the need for seeing health problems against general settings specific to a given area rather than measuring upto some abstract or "scientific" standards. The uncharted ground in many Third World practices make this particularly important.