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Table 1 Availability of anti-malarials and malaria testing among all screened public sector outlets

From: The malaria testing and treatment landscape in mainland Tanzania, 2016

 

Public health facility % CI

Private not for-profit facility % CI

Public sector total % CI

N = 341

N = 65

N = 406

Any anti-malarial

96.2 (89.0, 98.8)

96.4 (79.5, 99.5)

96.2 (90.0, 98.6)

QA ACT

92.0 (84.0, 96.2)

65.8 (49.0, 79.4)

89.1 (82.5, 93.5)

non-QA ACT

13.3 (7.5, 22.5)

29.8 (17.1, 46.7)

15.1 (9.3, 23.6)

SP

51.5 (40.3, 62.6)

54.1 (36.9, 70.4)

51.8 (41.5, 61.9)

Oral Quinine

4.6 (1.8, 11.3)

51.4 (33.9, 68.6)

9.7 (6.3, 14.6)

Other non-artemisinin therapy (amodiaquine and parenteral quinine)

9.7 (6.5, 14.2)

9.3 (3.7, 21.4)

9.7 (6.7, 13.9)

Artesunate injection

71.4 (62.9, 78.5)

24.9 (16.0, 36.6)

66.3 (57.8, 73.8)

Any malaria testing

91.8 (85.6, 95.4)

97.1 (80.6, 99.6)

92.3 (86.7, 95.7)

Malaria microscopy

18.9 (13.3, 26.2)

68.9 (54.1, 80.6)

24.3 (18.2, 31.8)

RDTs

89.3 (82.2, 93.7)

89.3 (77.4, 95.3)

89.3 (82.9, 93.4)

QA ACT and any malaria testing

86.0 (77.9, 91.5)

62.9 (46.4, 76.8)

83.5 (76.4, 88.8)

QA ACT no malaria testing

5.9 (2.8, 12.1)

2.9 (0.4, 19.4)

5.6 (2.7, 11.2)