Table 5 Responses from the post scale-up survey participants (n = 252) about the treatment of fever, diarrhoea, and ARI in children under five
| Â | Â | n | % |
|---|---|---|---|
Have been offering fever, diarrhoea and ARI treatment services (months) | 0-3 | 2 | 0.8 |
| Â | 4-5 | 6 | 5.2 |
| Â | 6-7 | 237 | 94.1 |
| Â | 8 | 7 | 2.8 |
Number of diarrhoeal patients treated/month | 0 | 15 | 6.0 |
| Â | 1-3 | 136 | 54.0 |
| Â | 4-6 | 77 | 30.6 |
| Â | 6-9 | 15 | 6.0 |
| Â | 10 or more | 9 | 3.6 |
Number of ARI patients treated/month | 0 | 46 | 18.3 |
| Â | 1-3 | 151 | 59.9 |
| Â | 4-6 | 49 | 19.4 |
| Â | 6-9 | 3 | 1.2 |
| Â | 10 or more | 3 | 1.2 |
Change in malaria service since service expansion | More active | 2 | 0.8 |
| Â | Same | 173 | 68.6 |
| Â | Less active | 77 | 30.6 |
Enthusiasm about serving as VMW since service expansion | More enthusiastic | 167 | 66.3 |
| Â | Same | 59 | 23.4 |
| Â | Less enthusiastic | 26 | 10.3 |
Willingness to continue fever, diarrhoea, and ARI treatment services | Yes | 251 | 99.6 |
| Â | Other | 1 | 0.4 |
Support needed to improve services for malaria, fever, diarrhoea, and ARI treatment services* | Honorarium/salary | 251 | 99.6 |
| Â | More advice/supervision from health center | 243 | 96.4 |
| Â | More advice/supervision from CNM | 226 | 89.7 |
| Â | More VMWs in the village | 80 | 31.8 |
Knowledge(correct answer) | Treatment for 4-year-olds with 39.3C | 53 | 21.0 |
| Â | Referral: one-month-olds with 38.2C | 244 | 96.8 |
| Â | Treatment for 3-year-olds with diarrhoea > 2 weeks | 233 | 92.5 |
| Â | Referral: 4-year-olds with bloody diarrhoea | 239 | 94.8 |
| Â | Treatment for 2-year-olds with ARI symptom | 162 | 64.3 |
| Â | Referral: 3-month-olds with ARI symptom | 58 | 23.0 |