Table 5 Inequalities by sex in preventive care and illness in children under two years (source: household survey)

VACCINE COVERAGE & VITAMIN A (in children aged 12–23 months)

BCG before 12 months of age

647/724

88%

91%

0.17

DPT-HepB3 before 12 months of age

588/724

82%

80%

0.37

OPV3 before 12 months of age

657/724

90%

92%

0.40

Measles before 12 months of age

496/724

66%

71%

0.19

Vitamin A in previous 6 months

500/710

71%

70%

0.87

MOSQUITO NETS (in children aged 0–23 months)

Slept under a net last night

417/1,401

32%

28%

0.11

Slept under a treated net last night

159/1,401

13%

10%

0.19

Slept under a recently-treated net last night

125/1,401

11%

7%

0.03

MALARIA AND ANAEMIA (in children aged 0–23 months)

Malaria parasitaemia

780/1,254

62%

62%

0.90

Severe anaemia (Hb < 8 g/dL)

384/1,256

67%

72%

0.07

RECENT ILLNESS AND CARE-SEEKING (in children aged 0–23 months)

Illness in the last two weeks

674/1,410

49%

47%

0.53

Sought care from a Western-style health care provider (hospital, health centre, dispensary etc)

309/674

44%

48%

0.28

Admissions in the previous year

227/1,414

19%

13%

0.008

NUTRITION

Exclusive breastfeeding in children under 6 months old

79/332

23%

25%

0.68

Underweight (weight-for-age z-score under -2) in children 0–23 months old

400/1,243

34%

31%

0.32