Attitude and Behaviour For Preventing COVID-19 Disease Infections in Mali: An Analysis Based On COVID-19 Panel Phone Survey

Abstract

\n Background\n\nCOVID-19 outbreak has been declared as an emerging and conflict situation by the World Health Organization (WHO) due to the multiple nature of infection through international spread that poses a serious threat to populations’ health and socio-economic conditions household in general.\nObjective\n\nThis study aims to analyse the behaviour adopted by households’ heads for preventing COVID-19 infection in Mali.\nMethods\n\nWe collected data from the COVID-19 Panel Households survey collected in Mali by the National Statistical Office, Institut National de la Statistique (INSTAT), in collaboration with the World Bank in October 2020. We used a multivariate logistic regression model.\nResults\n\nA total of 1,514 households heads were included. The age between 20 and 90 years old. The poor households represented 27%. Being a household with a low-income reduced the probability of using masks (p\u2009<\u20090.1). Being poor increased the probability to agree with vaccination (p\u2009<\u20090.01). The health services utilisation increased the probability of wear masks (p\u2009<\u20090.01), getting tested (p\u2009<\u20090.01), and agree with the vaccine (p\u2009<\u20090.01). People with a high occupation volume were more likely to wear protective masks (p\u2009<\u20090.1).\nConclusion\n\nBehaviour and attitude prevention varied according to households characteristics. Local government and policymakers should continue to provide more economic, medical and social assistance to protect the population, which would reduce the spread of the disease, particularly to households living in vulnerable regions of the country most affected by conflict and food insecurity.