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Table 4 Measures of CMD utilization and performance in delivering ACTs (source: CMD registers)

From: Feasibility and acceptability of ACT for the community case management of malaria in urban settings in five African sites

 

Kumasi

Bolgatanga

Jimma

Lilongwe

Ouagadougou

Total

Number of CMDs

35

28

92

8

36

199

Total number of febrile children seen by CMDs (average per CMD)

955 (27)

1,363 (49)

2,634 (29)

2,131(266)

1,918 (53)

9,001 (45)

Duration of Intervention Phase

Ave. no. febrile children seen per month

Ave. no. febrile children seen per CMD per month

12 months

80

2.3

12 months

114

4

24 months

110

1.2

 

15 months

128

3.5

 

Number of children treated with ACTs

- N (%) within 24 hrs

- N (%) treated with the correct dose

905 (94.8)**

577 (63.76)

890 (98.3)

909 (66.7)*

278 (31%)

888 (97.7)

1,211 (46)*

784 (64.6%)

1,206 (99.6)

2,131 (100)**

Not available

2,131 (100)

1,818 (95%)**

Not available

1,818 (100)

6,974

1639 (54.2)

6933 (99.4)

  1. * Treatment based on RDT result
  2. ** Treatment based on presumptive diagnosis.