Health seeking behaviour among suspected cases of cholera in Cameroonian health districts in Lake Chad basin.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Cholera outbreaks are recurrent in Cameroon and despite the efforts put together during epidemics, they are always associated with a high case fatality. Inadequate demand for health care is one of the major factors that might be responsible for the high case fatality. This study was conducted to describe the health seeking behaviour of suspected cases of cholera in four health districts of the Far North Cameroon.

Methods

We conducted a health facility based descriptive study involving suspected cases of cholera received in health facilities. Data was collected from August 2013 to October 2015 with the help of a questionnaire and analysis done by running frequency and calculating confidence interval at 95% with Epi Info version 3.5.4.

Results

A total of 1849

SUBMITTER: Yakum MN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5577771 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature