From: Malaria indicator survey 2009, South Sudan: baseline results at household level
Respondents’ awareness | Residency | Region | Total | |||
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Rural | Urban | Upper Nile | Bahr el Ghazal | Equatoria | Â | |
Malaria transmitted by mosquito bite | 53.7% | 73.5% | 53.3% | 60.4% | 60.2% | 58.0% |
(95% CI: 51.9–55.5) | (95% CI: 71.9–75.0) | (95% CI: 51.5–55.1) | (95% CI: 58.7–62.1) | (95% CI: 58.5–62.0) | (95% CI: 56.2–59.8) | |
Sleeping under a mosquito nets to prevent malaria | 29.8% | 50.5% | 30.0% | 28.0% | 43.1% | 34.2% |
(95% CI: 28.2–31.5) | (95% CI: 48.7–52.3) | (95% CI: 28.4–31.7) | (95% CI: 26.4–29.6) | (95% CI: 41.4–44.9) | (95% CI: 32.5–35.9) | |
Taking preventive medicine to avoid malaria | 13.3% | 7.4% | 7.7% | 20.9% | 8.6% | 12% |
(95% CI: 12.1–14.5) | (95% CI: 6.5–8.4) | (95% CI: 6.8–8.7) | (95% CI: 19.5–22.4) | (95% CI: 7.7–9.7) | (95% CI: 10.9–13.2) | |
Taking the right anti-malaria as treatment | 37.8% | 54.2% | 43.2% | 34.1% | 44.7% | 41.3% |
(95% CI: 36.1–39.5) | (95% CI: 52.4–56.0) | (95% CI: 41.5–45.0) | (95% CI: 32.8 –36.2) | (95% CI: 42.9–46.5) | (95% CI: 39.6–43.1) |