Clinicians' roles in management of arsenicosis in Bangladesh: interview study

Abstract

In the 10 years since the problem of arsenic contamination of tube wells, on which a large proportion of the population depend for their drinking water, was identified the development of a coherent national strategy to manage this problem has been disappointingly slow.2 Doctors have a vital role both in the diagnosis and management of arsenicosis and in the mitigation of this major public health threat3 through educating their patients about options open to them to avoid the health effects of chronic poisoning. We explored the current and the desirable participation by doctors in the national arsenic mitigation effort.