Table 1 Access to paediatric malaria treatment by the households
Characteristics | Frequency | % |
|---|---|---|
Child had malaria symptoms in the past month | ||
 Yes | 371 | 91.4 |
 No | 35 | 8.6 |
Severity of malaria symptoms when child was sick | ||
 Not serious | 86 | 21.2 |
 Very serious | 320 | 78.8 |
Medicines available at home | Â | Â |
 None | 216 | 53.2 |
 ACT and analgesics | 5 | 1.3 |
 ACT only | 78 | 19.2 |
 Analgesic only | 7 | 1.7 |
 Other medicines | 100 | 24.6 |
Drugs prescribed on visit | ||
 ACT only | 170 | 41.9 |
 Antibiotic only | 8 | 2.0 |
 ACT + antibiotic | 17 | 4.2 |
 ACT + analgesic | 43 | 10.6 |
 ACT + other antimalarials | 11 | 2.7 |
 Non-ACT antimalarial | 80 | 19.7 |
 Analgesic only | 31 | 7.6 |
 Do not know | 46 | 11.3 |
Was blood drawn for diagnosis of malaria? | ||
 Yes | 310 | 76.4 |
 No | 62 | 15.0 |
 Not sure | 34 | 8.6 |
If the diagnosis was done what was the result | ||
 Positive | 207 | 51.0 |
 Negative | 103 | 25.4 |
 Can’t remember | 96 | 23.6 |
Opinion on treatment cost | ||
 Affordable | 199 | 49.0 |
 Not affordable | 207 | 51.0 |
Availability of anti-malarial drugs | ||
 Regularly available | 166 | 40.9 |
 Not regularly available | 240 | 59.1 |