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Table 4 Treatment given to children under five years with fever, according to place where first advice/treatment sought.

From: From fever to anti-malarial: the treatment-seeking process in rural Senegal

Place where

advice/treatment

FIRST sought

Treatment given

 

Any anti-

malarial

(AM)

AS-AQ

Antibiotic

(AB)

Other

(not an AM or

AB)

 

%

n

%

n

%

n

%

n

Health hut/ASC/RC

62.5

15

45.8

11

0

0

37.5

9

Health post

29.5

23

19.2

15

15.4

12

48.7

38

Health centre

23.5

4

5.9

1

35.3

6

41.2

7

Retail sector

15.4

4

3.8

1

7.7

2

80.8

21