Household cooking fuels, symptoms compatible with pneumonia and inequalities in care seeking among children under five in the Republic of the Congo: a nationally representative survey analysis

Objectives: To examine the association between household cooking fuels and symptoms compatible with pneumonia, and socioeconomic inequalities in care seeking, among children under five in the Republic of the Congo. Methods: Secondary analysis of the 2014-2015 Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, the most recent national survey with available microdata on respiratory symptoms (9,159 children aged 0-59 months), using survey-weighted logistic regression. Results: The weighted prevalence of caretaker-reported cough with fast or difficult breathing due to a chest problem was 5.9% (95% CI 5.3-6.6). Co

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