Table 5 Model to show how varying the proportion of febrile children passing through each step in the treatment pathway for those seeking care from a community delivery point influences the ultimate proportion that receive an ACT (unadjusted for RDT use).
From: From fever to anti-malarial: the treatment-seeking process in rural Senegal
| Â | Actual data | Same proportion accessing as currently go to public sector | Same proportion accessing as currently go to any provider | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Community delivery point | N | % | Cum.% | N | % | Cum.% | N | % | Cum.% |
1. U5s with fever in last 2 weeks | 305 | 100 | 100 | 305 | 100 | 100 | 305 | 100 | 100 |
2. Sought any advice or treatment | 24 | 7.8 | 7.8 | 96 | 31.5 | 31.5 | 188 | 61.6 | 61.6 |
3. Within 48 hours | 20 | 83.3 | 6.5 | 80 | 83.3 | 26.2 | 157 | 83.3 | 51.3 |
4. Received an AM | 11 | 55.0 | 3.6 | 44 | 55.0 | 14.4 | 86 | 55.0 | 28.2 |
5. Received an ACT | 9 | 81.8 | 2.9 | 36 | 81.8 | 11.8 | 70 | 81.8 | 23.1 |