Table 8 Inequalities by distance from the nearest health facility 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

558/619

93

83

0.0001

DPT-HepB3 before 12 months of age

567/619

93

88

0.04

OPV3 before 12 months of age

507/619

85

76

0.02

Measles before 12 months of age

429/619

73

62

0.01

Vitamin A in previous 6 months

433/606

73

67

0.18

MOSQUITO NETS (in children aged 0–23 months)

Slept under a net last night

362/1,207

33

25

0.05

Slept under a treated net last night

137/1,207

12

9

0.23

Slept under a recently-treated net last night

105/1,207

10

6

0.06

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

Malaria parasitaemia

671/1,082

60

66

0.11

Severe anaemia (Hb < 8 g/dL)

334/1,083

29

35

0.06

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

Illness in the last two weeks

599/1,215

49

50

0.82

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

277/599

51

37

0.002

Admissions in the previous year

182/1,219

15

14

0.62

NUTRITION

Exclusive breastfeeding in children under 6 months old

70/290

25

23

0.69

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

324/1,069

29

32

0.31