الفهرس 
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Abstract
Sudanese man appears to have gone through different developmenti from hunter to settled. farmer and then mamber of a centre,lised kingdom of the latter the ”Kerma” . kingdom stand s as the first centralised powe:r in the Sudan’t The peak of the alloient Sudanese culture is thought to have been reached f:rom the second century B.C. to the t~ird oentury A.D. when meroitic civilisation developed its own fom of writing and its own style of art and helisf. The Islamisation of the Sudan aohieving ita full away by 1504 A.D. When the first moselm monarohy waS estab lished by the fung rulers at Sennar on the Blue Nile. ,.The Sudan gained ita independence in January 1956. S1nce may revolution of 1969 million of acres of cotton, wheat, dhure and sUgar cane had been planted. Canals have been dug, ROads constructed and faotories built. The sudan is a VEst country. The area of the present day Republic of the Sudan is very nearly one million squaremiles, about one quarter the size of Europe and it ia the lsrgeat country in Africa 82 of the popul-ation ere l”U1’8l inhabitallJGs either engaged in agriculture or pestural work. Such high scatt -’ring will mean that the health services are not within easy handling to the nee dy . The national haal th programma of the Sudan is based mainly on primary health care units i.e. dressing stations, heal th centres, dispensaries and health offi oe s, All are staffed by auxiliary personnel. The aim of the present study is to review the .l3lready present rural health services in the Demooratio Republio of the Sudan. Achievements, diffioulties and constralnms will be presented. Reconmendations for impro’IJ affi61lt S wou ld be att empted. The approach of the study is through retrospective analysis of the recorded data in the Democratio Republio of the Sudan.