Barriers to healthcare access and healthcare seeking for childhood illnesses among childbearing women in Burundi.

Barriers to healthcare access and healthcare seeking for childhood illnesses among childbearing women in Burundi.

<h4>Introduction</h4>Poor health seeking behaviour continues to be major challenge in accessing healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa despite the availability of effective treatment for most childhood illnesses. The current study investigated the barriers to healthcare access and health seeki...

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Main Authors:	Bright Opoku Ahinkorah, Abdul-Aziz Seidu, John Elvis Hagan, Eugene Budu, Aliu Mohammed, Collins Adu, Edward Kwabena Ameyaw, Faustina Adoboi, Thomas Schack
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2022-01-01
Series:	PLoS ONE
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0274547

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