Open AccessKnowledge and Treatment Practices of Malaria among Mothers and Caregivers of Children in an Urban Slum in Jos, Nigeria
Author(s) -
JC Daboer,
John Casken,
Abubakar Mustapha Jamda,
MP Chingle,
C Ogbonna
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
nigerian journal of medicine/the nigerian journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2667-0526
pISSN - 1115-2613
DOI - 10.4314/njm.v19i2.56516
Subject(s) - malaria , slum , medicine , government (linguistics) , environmental health , local government area , public health , population , socioeconomics , self medication , family medicine , geography , local government , nursing , sociology , archaeology , immunology , linguistics , philosophy
Malaria is a public health problem in more than 90 countries, inhabited by a total of 2.4 billion people, representing about 40% of the world's population. Major trends over the last few decades point to a worsening situation if effective action is not taken. Sadly, this is in spite of enormous efforts and resources that have been invested in its control. The objective of this study was to describe the level of knowledge of malaria as a disease and the practice of its treatment by mothers and caregivers of under five children in Gangare, an urban slum of Jos City, Nigeria.