Background To plan for a community case management (CCM) program after the
implementation of the Free Health Care Initiative (FHCI), we assessed health care seeking …

Objective To examine whether community health volunteers induced significant changes in
care seeking and treatment of ill children under five 2 years after their deployment in two …

Background Even though health care seeking interventions potentially reduce child mortality
from easily treatable diseases, significant numbers of children die without ever reaching a …

Background In 2010, the government of Sierra Leone implemented the Free Health Care
Initiative (FHCI) in the country with the objective of reducing the high maternal, infant, and …

Objectives. We identified barriers to care seeking for pneumonia and diarrhea among rural
Guatemalan children. Methods. A population-based survey was conducted twice from 2008 …

Background 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 …

Background Pneumonia, diarrhoea, and malaria are among the leading causes of death in
children. These deaths are largely preventable if appropriate care is sought early. This …

Background Nigeria has one of the highest child mortality rates in the world, with an
estimated 750,000 deaths annually among children under age five. The majority of these …

Introduction This paper identifies factors influencing differences in the prevalence of
diarrhea, fever and acute respiratory infection (ARI), and health seeking behavior among …

Background There is considerable evidence that health systems, in so far as they ensure
access to healthcare, promote population health even independent of other determinants …