Epidemics in Bahrain from 1966 to 2003. an historical perspective [part III]

ABSTRACT

The Kingdom of Bahrain is an archipelago of 33 islands located in the Arabian Gulf. In the final article in a three part series, the authors enumerate epidemics between 1966 and 2003. During this period, the Public Health Department continued to expand and refine its various sections. Immunization programmes have been a major part of the preventive health services. Epidemics of poliomyelitis, cholera, typhoid fever, paratyphoid fever, meningococcal meningitis, measles, and aseptic meningitis were reported. The rapid influx of workers into Bahrain in the mid 1970s caused a massive transfer of enteropathogens and resulted in an upsurge of enteric diseases in 1978