A situational assessment of treatments received for childhood diarrhea in the Federal Republic of Nigeria

We assess progress towards improved case management of childhood diarrhea in Nigeria over a period of targeted health systems reform from 2013 to 2018. Individual and community data from three Demographic and Health Survey rounds are leveraged in a geospatial model designed for stratified estimation by venue of treatment seeking and State.

Citation:
Gayawan E, Cameron E, Okitika T, Egbon OA, Gething P. A situational assessment of treatments received for childhood diarrhea in the Federal Republic of Nigeria. PLoS ONE. 2024;19(5):e0303963.

Keywords:
Preschool; diarrhea; drug therapy; epidemiology; fluid therapy; infant; Nigeria

Abstract:
We assess progress towards improved case management of childhood diarrhea in Nigeria over a period of targeted health systems reform from 2013 to 2018. Individual and community data from three Demographic and Health Survey rounds are leveraged in a geospatial model designed for stratified estimation by venue of treatment seeking and State.