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Table 1 Prevalence of health care seeking behaviour for children with childhood illnesses

From: Health care seeking behaviour for children with acute childhood illnesses and its relating factors in sub-Saharan Africa: evidence from 24 countries

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