'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...
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 |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Public Library of Science (PLoS)
2022-01-01
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Series: | PLOS Global Public Health |
Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pgph.0000978 |
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