Measuring the impact of seasonal malaria chemoprevention as part of routine malaria control in Kita, Mali

Malaria Journal

Table 2 Reasons for not receiving SMC during the different rounds based on the interview in the district of Kita

Reasons	Round 1		Round 2		Round 3		Round 4		Total
Reasons	n/N	%	n/N	%	n/N	%	n/N	%	n/N	%
Travel	58/174	33.4	79/197	40.3	124/271	42.1	183/365	50.2	434/1.007	43.1
Parents not informed	88/174	50.6	75/197	38.1	97/271	35.8	122/365	33.4	382/1.007	37.9
Refusal	9/174	5.2	21/197	10.7	29/271	10.7	25/365	6.8	84/1.007	8.3
Forgot	3/174	1.7	5/197	2.5	15/271	5.5	17/365	4.7	40/1.007	4.0
Others^a	16/174	9.2	17/197	8.6	16/271	5.9	18/365	4.9	67/1.007	6.7

^aOthers: mother was sick, age <3 months, child was sick, mother was late, malaria treatment, carte not available, mother was busy, mother was absent, did not see the health worker, health worker refused to give SMC because parent left the SMC card at home

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