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

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Odu, Bikom Patrick ^a   Mitchell, Steven ^b   Isa, Hajara ^a   Ugot, Iyam ^c   Yusuf, Robbinson ^d   Cockcroft, Anne ^e   Andersson, Neil ^b  

^a Centro de Investigación de Enfermedades Tropicales   (South Africa)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c Community Health Department and Roll Back Malaria Program ^*  (Nigeria)

^d Ministry of Health   (Nigeria)

^e CIET TRUST BOTSWANA   (Botswana)

Author keywords

Access to care; Equity; Malaria; Nigeria; Severe fever

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; EDUCATION; FEVER; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HEALTH CARE SURVEY; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; MALARIA; NIGERIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIOECONOMICS;

EID: 85006186630     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20499957     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-9957-4-1     Document Type: Article

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