Access to artemisinin combination therapy for malaria in remote areas of Cambodia

Malaria Journal

Table 4 First source of treatment by intervention area (n)

First source of treatment	Intervention area %
	None n = 317	Outreach n = 76	VMW n = 17
Village vendor	54%	63%	12%
Public health facility	6%	4%	0
Went to private practitioner	24%	7%	6%
Private practitioner came to home	6%	1%	0
VMW	1%	0	71%
Outreach	0.5%	17%	6%
Traditional healer¹	3%	0	0
Other²	6%	8%	6%

¹The number of "Traditional" treatments is probably underestimated. Patients often use local remedies early on in an illness, at the same time as modern medicines. These included local plants, rubbing with coins or cupping.
²"Other" included the military, de-mining organisations and forest rangers.

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