Table 5 Perception and practice (source HH survey)
| Indicators | Kumasi | Bolgatanga | Jimma | Lilongwe | Ouagadougou | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Base (N = 1054) |
End (N = 1000) |
Base (N = 530) |
End (N = 956) |
Base (N = 823) |
End (N = 2,307) |
Base (N = 823) |
End (N = 839) |
Base (N = 625) |
End (N = 798) | |
| 1. % knowledge of signs and symptoms of severe malaria | ||||||||||
| ■ Vomiting | 3.8 | 42.7 | 9.9 | 3.9 | 59.4 | 24.9 | 12.8 | 61.5 | 36.8 | 46 |
| ■ Diarrhoea | 5.7 | 59.8 | 14.5 | 41.6 | 6.6 | 1.6 | 9 | 36.1 | 12.3 | 32 |
| ■ Loss of consciousness | 3.2 | 0.7 | 2.8 | 1.2 | - | - | 44.1 | 29.0 | 18.3 | 14 |
| ■ Convulsions | 8.0 | 4.3 | - | - | 65.6 | 34.8 | 43.3 | 59.2 | 22.0 | 31 |
| ■ Yellowness | 8.0 | 42.7 | - | - | - | - | 5.2 | 20.4 | 26.0 | 21 |
| ■ High body temperature | 50.7 | 71.7 | 35.5 | 14.9 | 96.2 | 85.5 | 0.7 | 2.6 | 70.2 | 95 |
| ■ Inability to feed/suckle | 11.6 | 22.2 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 44.0 | 33.2 | 27.5 | 69.7 | 25.0 | 55 |
| ■ Weakness | 40.0 | 0 | 43.8 | 32.1 | 5.6 | 6.1 | 10.5 | 18.6 | 26.0 | 27 |
| ■ Not passing urine | 1.1 | 34.2 | - | - | 0 | - | 22.0 | 53.4 | - | - |
| ■ Fast breathing | 16.8 | 23.7 | - | - | - | - | 17.4 | 20.7 | - | - |
| ■ Drowsy | 3.7 | 61.7 | - | - | - | - | 3.4 | 35.6 | 7.1 | - |
| ■ Don't know | 7.1 | - | - | - | - | 26.0 | 7.2 | - | - | |
| ■ Other | 14.0 | 0.9 | 1.5 | - | - | 0 | 3.2 | - | - | |
| 2. Preferred provider for childhood malaria treatment |
(N =
1054) |
(N =
1000) |
(N =
930) |
(N =
956) | (N = 823) | (N = 2305) |
(N =
671) |
(N =
839) |
(N =
625) |
(N =
798) |
| ■ Self-treatment (herbs) | 0.0 | 0.0 | 30 | 0.6 | 0 | 0 | 6.6 | 3.0 | 29 | 13 |
| ■ Self Treatment (mod. med.) | 0.0 | 53.2 | - | 5.7 | 0.0 | 5.6 | 68.1 | 26.6 | - | 3.4 |
| ■ CMDs | 6.8 | 31.1 | - | 61.2 | 74.7 | 82.7 | 48.4 | 64.2 | 54 | 57 |
| ■ Public health facility | 9.2 | 0.0 | 47.18 | 28.2 | 24.2 | 10.8 | 21.6 | 93.9 | -- | -- |
| ■ Private clinics | 0.0 | 0.9 | 7.97 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 1.9 | 6.4 | 4 | 2 |
| ■ Traditional healers | 2.5 | 0.0 | 0.44 | 0.4 | 0.8 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 5 | 4 |
| ■ Informal medicine vendors | 3.1 | 24.3 | 10.52 | 0.8 | 0 | 0 | 47.5 | 5.1 | 23 | 29 |
| ■ Chemists/pharmacists | 4.8 | 2.0 | 3.65 | 2.7 | - | - | 0 | 1.5 | - | - |