title: Child healthcare in the United Kingdom and Nigeria.
abstract: Child healthcare differs widely from one country to another. The differences vary even more widely between developed and developing countries. The Nigerian and British child healthcare system share some similarities, but are significantly different in many areas. The structure of the healthcare system is quite similar and in the area of immunisation, the government of the two countries give childhood immunisation programme a priority. However, differences exist in areas of accessibility to child healthcare, parental attitude towards immunisation and efficiency of the child healthcare system. The aim of this paper is, to share with the medical community, the similarities and differences in child healthcare between the two countries. This would be of interest to colleagues who have not worked in both systems.
authors.forename: Ganiy Opeyemi
authors.initials: GO
authors.lastname: Abdulrahman
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002669:Child Welfare; D002675:Child, Preschool; D003431:Cross-Cultural Comparison; D003695:Delivery of Health Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D005380:Financing, Government / Q000191:economics; D017048:Health Care Costs; D006801:Humans; D017589:Immunization Programs / Q000458:organization & administration*; D009549:Nigeria; D006113:United Kingdom