Table 2 Carers' knowledge about malaria in the Ambohibary and Lakato areas (District of Moramanga, Madagascar)
From: Use of pre-packaged chloroquine for the home management of presumed malaria in Malagasy children
Areas | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
Variable | Results | Ambohibary | Lakato | P <chi 2> |
No (%) | No (%) | |||
Recorded symptoms | Fever alone or in combination with others symptom* | 195 (99.5) | 223 (99.5) | NS |
Knowledge of malaria transmission | By mosquitoes | 144 (73.5) | 73 (32.6) | < 10 -4 |
By other ways | 23 (11.7) | 23 (10.3) | NS | |
None | 29 (14.8) | 128 (57.1) | < 10 -3 | |
Malaria prevention used for children under 5 years | Chloroquine | 3 (1.5) | 3 (1.3) | NS |
Impregnated bed nets | 63 (35.2) | 78 (34.8) | NS | |
None | 124 (63.2) | 143 (63.8) | NS | |
Knowledge of the use of pre-packaged chloroquine | PaluStop® | 140 (71.4) | 171 (76.1) | NS |
Ody Tazomoka® | 137 (69.9) | 65 (29.0) | < 10 -6 | |