Child health services and armed conflict in Tigray, North Ethiopia: a community-based study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Access to basic health services, notably child health services, is severely hampered by the armed conflict in Tigray, North Ethiopia. Little is known regarding the impacts of the armed conflict during the war in Tigray on access to child health services. The current study investigates the impact of the armed conflict on the utilization of child health services in Tigray.

Methods

4,381 caregivers from randomly recruited households (HHs) with at least one child younger than 1 year old participated in a community-based cross-sectional survey. We collected data on childhood immunizations and illness-related treatment seeking from August 4 to 20, 2021. We describe data using frequency and percentage and carry out an internal comparison among the study participants usin

SUBMITTER: Tsadik M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10557173 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature