Table 2 Practices and attitudes of respondents towards control and preventive measures of malaria, Woreta town, Northwest Ethiopia, 2013
Characteristics | Categories | Frequency (%) |
|---|---|---|
Malaria is preventable and curable | Yes | 138 (95.8) |
No | 6 (4.2) | |
Type of antimalarial drug used | Chloroquine | 48 (33.3) |
Coartem® | 68 (47.2) | |
Other antimalarials | 28 (19.4) | |
Use of at least one ITNs in the house | Yes | 144 (100) |
No | 0 (0) | |
Trend in the use of ITNs | Always | 36 (25.0) |
Sometimes | 98 (68.1) | |
Do not use | 10 (6.9) | |
Practice in malaria control activities | Draining logged water | 83 (57.6) |
Environmental clearing | 39 (27.1) | |
Educating people | 22 (15.3) |