Available online 2020-06-30, published 2020-06-30, Korean Herb. Med. Inf. 2020;24(1)

에티오피아 MCM General Hospital을 통해 살펴본 지역주민들의 질병 및 증상 현황

The survey for disease and symptom of people in Ethiopia through a MCM General Hospital

Abstract
Objectives
The aim of this study was to suggest basic data of health and medical status m Ethiopia for globalization
of Korean Medicine.
Methods
This study was conducted from 26 to 28, Dec, 2018 in the MCM General Hospital in Addis ababa of
Ethiopia. The questionnaire was developed from open form of review of system questionnaire and some
question was changed. It was composed of 3 parts: chief complaint, review of system and medical policy.
For more information, we interviewed the director of a public health clinic. The 94 questionnaires was
collected. Three of them was incomplete, and 91 was analyzed.
Results
(1) Seventeen people appealed for head problem, and thirteen people for abdomen, and eleven for chest in
chief complaint. (2) The number of 22 people had problem in nervous system. Twenty also had diseases
of respiratory and digestive system respectively. (3) They also appeal for pain in head, mouth, eye, and
neck and complained for fatigue, weight gain or loss, and weakness in review of system. (4) They put
the priority on disease prevention than management or treatment.
Conclusions
This study suggests information on medical status of the people m the medical hospital of Ethiopia which
is valuable for globalization of Korean Medicine.

Keyword: Korean Medicine, Appropriate Technology, Ethiopia

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