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Table 9 Options for seeking malaria treatment

From: High mobility, low access thwarts interventions among seasonal workers in the Greater Mekong Sub-region: lessons from the malaria containment project

Variable

Treatment sought at

MMW

N (%)

Public health provider

N (%)

Private health provider

N (%)

Other

N (%)

First action if a migrant thinks he/she has malaria

64 (21.1)

247 (81.3)

95 (31.3)

102 (33.6)a

Potential place visited for malaria test

64 (21.1)

263 (86.5)

89 (29.3)

–

Action taken if malaria test positive

54 (17.8)

271 (89.1)

113 (37.2)

14 (4.6)b

Action to be taken if febrile patient with negative malaria test

N/A

265 (87.17)

110 (36.18)

58 (19.1)c

  1. Multiple answers by all interviewed migrants (n = 304) where possible
  2. aOther includes take malaria test n = 86 (28.3 %); take drugs for malaria n = 16 (5.3 %)
  3. bOther includes traditional medicine n = 4 (1.3 %); stay home n = 2 (0.7); self treatment n = 8 (2.6)
  4. cOther includes stay home n = 7 (2.3); self-treat n = 43 (14.1); traditional medicine n = 8 (2.6)