Table 1 Treatment-seeking behaviour for children under five with fever in the past two weeks (%)

Initial treatment-seeking behaviour

Did not seek treatment

17.4

9.4

9.5

4.8

4.5

8.0

At home

44.2

23.4

15.8

32.2

37.5

24.5

Public sector or non-profit facility,

including:

13.5

16.0

21.3

17.6

16.4

49.8

Public/non-profit facility

13.4

16.0

20.1

16.8

14.9

48.6

CHW

0.1

0.0

1.2

0.8

1.5

1.2

Private sector, including:

25.0

51.1

53.4

45.5

41.7

17.7

Private health facility

3.5

10.1

7.1

5.3

28.6

1.9

Pharmacy or drug store

2.8

36.5

27.1

37.1

10.4

5.3

Other private

18.7

4.5

19.3

3.1

2.7

10.5

At any time during the fever episode

Sought treatment outside of the home

50.3

73.3

78.0

72.6

71.7

77.1

Number of treatment sources (excluding home)

N = 466

N = 1, 929

N = 1, 660

N = 2, 385

N = 1, 221

N = 1, 437

1 source

91.6

83.8

91.9

88.0

88.3

92.0

2 sources

7.9

15.4

7.6

11.5

11.3

7.6

3 sources

0.4

0.8

0.5

0.6

0.4

0.4

Sector mix (excluding home)

Private, no public

54.9

73.7

68.2

68.7

68.3

21.8

Public, no private

39.9

23.1

28.5

25.7

26.7

72.1

Public & private

5.2

3.3

3.2

5.6

5.0

6.1

Public sector source, among those who sought public sector treatment

N = 210

N = 464

N = 518

N = 707

N = 385

N = 1, 094

Public/non-profit facility

98.6

100.0

94.7

95.5

91.1

98.2

CHW

1.4

0.0

5.3

5.0

9.1

2.0

Private sector source, among those who sought private sector treatment

N = 280

N = 1, 530

N = 1, 198

N = 1, 797

N = 899

N = 432

Private health facility

22.1

26.1

16.8

13.6

74.1

13.4

Pharmacy or drug store

10.0

70.1

51.6

81.7

21.9

30.6

Other private

71.1

8.6

35.4

8.3

7.0

57.3