Health needs of preschool children in Abbis II village

The study was carried out in one of the reclaimed villages near Alexandria [Abbis II village]. The aim of the study was to assess the health needs of the preschool children aged 2.5 to less than 6 years. Two tools were used: an intereviewing achedule and the anthropometric measurements. The study showed that the majority of the children were below the 50th percentiles in weight, hight, mid arm and head circumference. 14% suffered from PCM. The highest coverage for vaccination was for polio [94%] followed by measles [81%] and the least coverage was for BCG [24.5%]. A large proportion of children contracted communicable diseases of childhood: masles 62.5%, mucopurulent conjuctivitis 66.5%, chicken pox 33%, mumps 19.5% and whooping cough 13%.