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Table 1 Mchinji district CCM data (HMIS reports) showing use of RDTs and rectal artesunate in the 40 intervention hard-to-reach areas between January and September 2014

From: Feasibility, acceptability and impact of integrating malaria rapid diagnostic tests and pre-referral rectal artesunate into the integrated community case management programme. A pilot study in Mchinji district, Malawi

Month 2014

New fever cases seen at village clinics (with RDTs and RA)

Malaria confirmed cases (RDT positive)

Children with severe illness that were referred and that received RA

January

1758

1238 (70.4 %)

29

February

2308

1621 (70.2 %)

28

March

2422

1542 (63.6 %)

22

April

2253

1678 (74.4 %)

35

May

2680

1977 (73.7 %)

36

June

2231

1653 (74.1 %)

30

July

2217

1574 (71 %)

27

August

1844

1272 (69.1 %)

32

September

2019

1440 (71.3 %)

29

Total

19,732

13,995 (70.9 %)

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