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. 2021 Dec 14;49:95. doi: 10.1186/s41182-021-00385-1

Table 1.

Prevalence of health care seeking behaviour for children with childhood illnesses

Countries Seek treatment for sick child
Female Male
Angola 47.8 52.3
Benin 49.2 50.8
Burundi 47.9 52.1
Cameroon 44.7 55.3
Chad 45.6 54.4
Congo DR 49.8 50.2
Ethiopia 48.7 51.3
Gambia 45.6 54.4
Ghana 47.0 53.0
Guinea 46.7 53.3
Lesotho 53.3 46.7
Liberia 45.4 54.6
Malawi 48.8 51.2
Mali 45.1 54.9
Namibia 48.7 51.3
Nigeria 49.2 50.8
Rwanda 49.3 50.7
Sierra Leone 50.2 49.8
South Africa 45.2 54.8
Tanzania 46.1 53.9
Togo 49.9 50.1
Uganda 48.6 51.4
Zambia 49.0 51.0
Zimbabwe 52.1 47.9