Bulletin of the World Health Organization

Delayed care seeking for fatal pneumonia in children aged under five years in Uganda: a case-series study

Karin Källander, Helena Hildenwall, Peter Waiswa, Edward Galiwango, Stefan Peterson, George Pariyo

Volume 86, Number 5, May 2008, 332-338

Table 2. Sources of care sought

Place of first consultation	No. of children^a
Government
Hospital	16 (37)
Health centre	9 (20)
Private/NGO
Private clinic	9 (20)
Drug shop	2 (5)
NGO clinic/health unit	3 (7)
No outside care	5 (11)
All	44 (100)

^a Values in parentheses are percentages.