Tropical Doctor > Volume 37, Number 4 > Pp. 217-219

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Home management of malaria by mothers of children under-five in Abeokuta, Southwest Nigeria

Oladipo A Dada MBBS     Folashade O Omokhodion FWACP PhD  

Department of Community Medicine, University College Hospital, PMB 5116, Ibadan, Oyo State, Nigeria

Correspondence to: Dr Folashade O Omokhodion dhf.omokhodion{at}skannet.com

This study reported mothers' practices of home management of malaria in their children aged 0-5 years and highlighted the differences between home management of children with complicated malaria and those with uncomplicated malaria. Of the 380 children seen in the study, 112 (29.5%) had complicated malaria. Complicated malaria was associated with the increasing number of days before presentation at a health facility and delay in the use of antimalarials.

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