A Study On Morbidity Profile Of Tibetan Refugees Of Chandragiri Iis The Ganjam District Of Orissa

With the help of Government of India and State Governments the Tibetan refugees were settled up at different places in India; and Chandragiri situated at a distance of 78 KMs from Berhampur. The community which has adopted some of the socio-cultural practices of local population and have retained most of their original practices offer an excellent material for the study of effects of different social - cultural-demographic- economic— religious factors on morbidity pattern. Tibetan race, culture, customs, tradition and religion are alien to that of Indian and more so to that of Orissa. This refugee population was available within the reach of resources. The comparative ease of collection of data encouraged to carry out the study so as to obtain valuable informations on morbidity pattern of the community which can be utilised in varied situations in taking up community health work. The present study was undertaken to obtain an integrated picture of different leading diseases prevalent in the commu­nity and recommend measures for their control and eradication