Table 3 Awareness of the national antimalarial policy and factors influencing antimalarial consumption in the private health sector (N = 78)
Variable | Response | Number (%) |
|---|---|---|
Awareness of 1 st line drug | Aware | 76 (97.5) |
Unaware | 2 (2.5) | |
Name of 1 st line drug | ALU | 70 (90.0) |
Coartem | 6 (7.0) | |
Metakelfin | 2 (3.0) | |
Buying without prescription/ consultation | Majority | 20 (25.0) |
Moderate | 27 (35.0) | |
Few | 31 (40.0) | |
Factors influencing drug choice | Price and efficacy | 68 (87.0) |
Drug popularity | 8(10.0) | |
Others | 2 (3.0) |