Equity and seeking treatment for young children with fever in Nigeria: a cross-sectional study in Cross River and Bauchi States.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Poor children have a higher risk of contracting malaria and may be less likely to receive effective treatment. Malaria is an important cause of morbidity and mortality in Nigerian children and many cases of childhood fever are due to malaria. This study examined socioeconomic factors related to taking children with fever for treatment in formal health facilities.

Methods

A household survey conducted in Bauchi and Cross River states of Nigeria asked parents where they sought treatment for their children aged 0-47 months with severe fever in the last month and collected information about household socio-economic status. Fieldworkers also recorded whether there was a health facility in the community. We used treatment of severe fever in a health facility to indicate

SUBMITTER: Odu BP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4322819 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature