Table 5 Medical assistance for infants reported sick within 90 days post-delivery
Panama | Dominican Republic | South Africa | Mozambique | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
PA_1 | PA_2 | PA_3 | DR_1 | DR_2 | SA_1 | SA_2 | SA_3 | SA_4 | MO_1 | |
N = 254 | N = 61 | N = 176 | N = 269 | N = 221 | N = 487 | N = 480 | N = 485 | N = 441 | N = 232 | |
Infant reported sick in first 90 days | ||||||||||
n (%) | 127 (50.0) | 32 (52.5) | 121 (68.8) | 104 (38.7) | 41 (18.6) | 18 (3.7) | 41 (8.5) | 43 (8.9) | 73 (16.6) | 66 (28.5) |
Sick infant taken to | ||||||||||
Study site, n (%) | 58 (45.7) | 12 (37.5) | 77 (63.6) | 27 (26.0) | 27 (65.9) | 7 (38.9) | 2 (4.9) | 13 (30.2) | 5 (6.9) | 51 (77.3) |
Infant’s hospital/immunisation clinic, n (%) | 2 (1.6) | 6 (18.8) | 7 (5.8) | 10 (9.6) | 3 (7.3) | 10 (55.6) | 13 (31.7) | 10 (23.3) | 21 (28.8) | 13 (19.7) |
Other, n (%) | 65 (51.2) | 14 (43.8) | 34 (28.1) | 61 (58.7) | 8 (19.5) | 1 (5.6) | 22 (53.7) | 15 (34.9) | 34 (46.6) | 0 (0) |
Not taken to healthcare facility, n (%) | 2 (1.6) | 0 (0) | 3 (2.5) | 6 (5.8) | 3 (7.3) | 0 (0) | 4 (9.8) | 5 (11.6) | 13 (17.8) | 2 (3.0) |
Reasons for not taking sick infant to healthcare facility | ||||||||||
Newborn did not appear seriously ill, n (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 3 (100) | 4 (66.7) | 3 (100) | 0 (0) | 3 (75.0) | 4 (80.0) | 13 (100) | 1 (50.0) |
Lack of money, n (%) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (16.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Lack of transportation, n (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
No alternative childcare available, n (%) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) |
Other, n (%) | 1 (50.0) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (16.7) | 0 (0) | 0 (0) | 1 (25.0) | 1 (20.0) | 0 (0) | 1 (50.0) |