Open AccessEffect of health seeking behaviour of caregivers on severe malaria outcome in under-fives seen in a tertiary health institution in Nigeria
Author(s) -
DU Nwaneri,
AE Sadoh
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
ghana medical journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2616-163X
pISSN - 0016-9560
DOI - 10.4314/gmj.v54i3.6
Subject(s) - medicine , malaria , health facility , tertiary care , jaundice , tertiary institution , benin city , pediatrics , health care , severe malaria , mortality rate , cerebral malaria , family medicine , environmental health , health services , population , plasmodium falciparum , surgery , teaching hospital , immunology , economic growth , economics , medical education
Recognition of the symptoms and seeking prompt treatment in a health facility is a major means of reducing morbidity and prevention of mortality from severe malaria in under-fives.