ArticleThe American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene2014
Private sector provision of oral rehydration therapy for child diarrhea in sub-Saharan Africa.
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- Poor availability of essential medicines for women and children threatens progress towards Sustainable Development Goal 3 in Africa.BMJ global health · 2019Article
- Community pharmacists' views of the use of oral rehydration salt in Nigeria.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2018Article
- Slow progress in diarrhea case management in low and middle income countries: evidence from cross-sectional national surveys, 1985-2012.BMC pediatrics · 2017Article
- Tracking Cholera through Surveillance of Oral Rehydration Solution Sales at Pharmacies: Insights from Urban Bangladesh.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2015Article
- Use of oral rehydration therapy in the treatment of childhood diarrhoea in Douala, Cameroon.Malawi medical journal : the journal of Medical Association of Malawi · 2015Article
- Barriers to use of oral rehydration salts for child diarrhea in the private sector: evidence from India.Journal of tropical pediatrics · 2015Article
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Abstract
Although diarrheal mortality is cheaply preventable with oral rehydration therapy (ORT), over 700,000 children die of diarrhea annually and many health providers fail to treat diarrheal cases with ORT. Provision of ORT may differ between for-profit and public providers. This study used Demographic and Health Survey data from 19,059 children across 29 countries in sub-Saharan Africa from 2003 to 2011 to measure differences in child diarrhea treatment between private for-profit and public health providers. Differences in treatment provision were estimated using probit regression models controlling for key confounders. For-profit providers were 15% points less likely to provide ORT (95% confidence interval [CI] 13-17) than public providers and 12% points more likely to provide other treatments (95% CI 10-15). These disparities in ORT provision were more pronounced for poorer children in rural areas. As private healthcare in sub-Saharan Africa continues to expand, interventions to increase private sector provision of ORT should be explored.
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