Malaria endemicity | Measurements | Baseline Control arm n = 5 | Post-era Control arm n = 5 | Intervention arm n = 21 | RR [95% CI]* | p- value |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
   District |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Hyper-endemic | OPD attendance | 2,475 | 3,344 | 11,273 | Â | Â |
   Iganga | Anti-malarials prescribed (%) | 1,186 (48) | 1,941 (58) | 4,744 (42 ) | 0.72[0.70-0.76] | <0.001 |
Urban | OPD attendance | 1,696 | 2,614 | 9,536 | Â | Â |
   Jinja | Anti-malarials prescribed (%) | 540 (31) | 809 (31) | 3,076 (32) | 1.01[0.99-1.05] | 0.820 |
Peri Urban | OPD attendance | 4,153 | 5,298 | 27,553 | Â | Â |
   Mbale | Anti-malarials prescribed (%) | 2,656 (64) | 3,444 (65) | 9,796 (36) | 0.55[0.50-0.61] | <0.001 |
Meso-endemic | OPD attendance | 2,040 | 4,160 | 14,385 | Â | Â |
   Mubende | Anti-malarials prescribed (%) | 1,143(56) | 2,927 (70) | 5,232 (36) | 0.47[0.45-0.50] | <0.001 |
Hypo-endemic | OPD attendance | 3,555 | 7,594 | 74,784 | Â | Â |
   Kapchorwa | Anti-malarials prescribed (%) | 2,094(59) | 3,797 (50) | 3,072 (25) | 0.52[0.51-0.53] | 0.005 |
All settings | OPD attendance | 13,919 | 23,010 | 74,784 | Â | Â |
 | Anti-malarials prescribed (%) [95%CI] | 7,619 (56)[51.0-58.6] | 12,918 (55)[55.5-56.8] | 25929(35)[32.5-37.2] | 0.68[0.67-0.69] | 0.005 |