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Scaling up zinc treatment of childhood diarrhoea in Bangladesh: theoretical and practical considerations guiding the SUZY Project

In 2003, the International Centre for Diarrhoeal Disease Research, Bangladesh (ICDDR,B), in partnership with the Bangladesh Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MOHFW) and the private sector embarked on a national exercise to scale up zinc treatment of childhood diarrhoea as an adjunct to oral…

Health care seeking behavior for diarrhea in children under 5 in rural Niger: results of a cross-sectional survey

Diarrhea remains the second leading cause of death in children under 5 years of age in sub-Saharan Africa. Health care seeking behavior for diarrhea varies by context and has important implications for developing appropriate care strategies and estimating burden of disease. The objective of this…

Knowledge, Attitude, and Practice of Home Managment of Childhood Diarrhoea amoung Caregivers of Under-5 Children with Diarrhoeal Disease in Northwestern Nigeria

Diarrhoeal diseases (DDs) constitute a public health problem. This is a cross-sectional study done of home caregivers with children aged 1-59 months with diarrhoea. Subjects were randomly selected at community primary health centres in northwestern Nigeria. The outcomes measured were knowledge,…

Management of childhood diarrhea by patent medicine vendors in Enugu north local government area, South-east Nigeria

The study was a descriptive cross-sectional study carried out in Enugu North LGA, Enugu State, Nigeria in November, 2008. Ninety patent medicine vendors were studied using semi-structured interviewer administered questionnaires. Information on knowledge and management of diarrhea in under-fives…

Health-care-seeking behaviour for childhood illnesses in a resource-poor setting

The aim of this study is to determine health-care-seeking behaviour for childhood illnesses in a resource-poor setting.

Cross-sectional survey was conducted in the children emergency room in a Nigerian tertiary hospital. Socio-demographic data and details of the place and type of care…

Interactions between patent medicine vendors and customers in urban and rural Nigeria

Patent medicine vendors (PMVs) supply a large portion of the drugs used by the public in African countries to treat their illnesses. Little has been reported about what actually transpires between PMVs and their customers, but nevertheless, concerns have been raised about the potential for abuse…

Perception, Management and Barriers to Care-seeking for Childhood Diarrhea, Malaria, and Pneumonia

This report describes the findings of a literature review examining the perceptions and practices of caregivers responding to childhood pneumonia, diarrhea or malaria. A literature…

Care-seeking behaviour of caregivers for common childhood illnesses in Lagos Island Local Government Area, Nigeria

The objectives of the study were to estimate a 2-week prevalence for common childhood illnesses
targeted by the National Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) Initiative and to determine care-seeking behaviour of mothers/caregivers for these illnesses.

A cross-sectional…

Home management of childhood diarrhoea: Need to intensify campaign

A review of home management of childhood diarrhea in under-five children among 203 Nigerian mothers was carried out over a period of 3 months in order to ascertain how effectively they manage their children with diarrhea outside a hospital setup (infrastructural health facility).  Mothers whose…

Acute Diarrhoea: Mother's Knowledge of ORT and Its Usage in Ibadan Metropolis, Nigeria

This paper explores indigenous Nigerian perceptions of childhood diarrhoea and its treatment pattern among health care givers in Ibadan metropolis. Furthermore, the paper also addresses the cultural interpretations of dehydration and the perceptions of oral rehydration therapy (ORT). It is…