Quality of Care for Children with Severe Disease in the Democratic Republic of the Congo

• Tác giả: Emma Clarke-Deelder
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 916.75 Geography of and travel in Africa
• Thông tin xuất bản: Springer Nature, 2021
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 323214
• Chủ đề: 1. CHILD HEALTH; 2. INFECTIOUS DISEASE; 3. QUALITY OF HEALTH CARE

Tóm tắt

Despite the almost universal adoption of Integrated Management of Childhood Illness (IMCI) guidelines for the diagnosis and treatment of sick children under the age of five in low- and middle-income countries, child mortality remains high in many settings. One possible explanation of the continued high mortality burden is lack of compliance with diagnostic and treatment protocols. We test this hypothesis in a sample of children with severe illness in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).