Sources for Sick Child Care in Madagascar

The public sector is the primary source of care in Madagascar; however, care-seeking patterns vary by socioeconomic status. Understanding if and where sick children are taken for care is critical to improve case management interventions. This brief presents a secondary analysis of the 2009 Madagascar Demographic and Health Survey to examine where treatment or advice is sought for sick children who experienced at least one of three treatable illnesses: fever, acute respiratory infection, or diarrhea. These illnesses represent some of the leading causes of death in children under five years old.

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Author

SHOPS Plus

Contributor

SHOPS Plus

Published
August 2018
Resource Types
Brief
Country
Madagascar
Health Area
Child Health
Keywords
diarrhea
informal sector
malaria
Current Downloads
34

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