Variation in the quality and out-of-pocket cost of treatment for childhood malaria, diarrhoea, and pneumonia: Community and facility based care in rural Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A key barrier to appropriate treatment for malaria, diarrhoea, and pneumonia (MDP) in children under 5 years of age in low income rural settings is the lack of access to quality health care. The WHO and UNICEF have therefore called for the scale-up of integrated community case management (iCCM) using community health workers (CHWs). The current study assessed access to treatment, out-of-pocket expenditure and the quality of treatment provided in the public and private sectors compared to national guidelines, using data collected in a large representative survey of caregivers of children in 205 villages with iCCM-trained CHWs in mid-Western Uganda.

Results

The prevalence of suspected malaria, diarrhoea and suspected pneumonia in the preceding two weeks in 6501 chil

SUBMITTER: Soremekun S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6261061 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature