‘This disease is not meant for the hospital, it is Asram’: Implications of a traditionally-defined illness on healthcare seeking for children under-5 in rural Ashanti, Ghana

Every child has the right to survive, grow and develop. However, in spite of the considerable global gains that have been made in child survival, Sub-Saharan Africa still has the highest child mortality rates and accounts for the greatest burden of mortality globally. The majority of these children...

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Main Authors: Princess Ruhama Acheampong, Aliyu Mohammed, Sampson Twumasi-Ankrah, Augustina Angelina Sylverken, Michael Owusu, Emmanuel Acquah-Gyan, Timothy Kwabena Adjei, Easmon Otupiri, Ellis Owusu-Dabo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:PLOS Global Public Health
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10021330/?tool=EBI