Appropriateness of malaria diagnosis and treatment for fever episodes according to patient history and anti-malarial blood measurement: a cross-sectional survey from Tanzania

Table 2 Proportion of screened outlets with anti-malarials and malaria diagnosis tools available in stock

	Mbeya				Mtwara				Mwanza
	Health facilities (N = 18)		Non-HF AM providers (N = 38)^a		Health facilities (N = 16)		Non-HF AM providers (N = 21)		Health facilities (N = 26)		Non-HF AM providers (N = 89)
	N	% (95% CI)	N	% (95% CI)	N	% (95% CI)	N	% (95% CI)	N	% (95% CI)	N	% (95% CI)
% of outlets with anti-malarials in stock	18	100.0	38	100.0	16	100.0	20	95.2 (87.6–102.9)	26	100.0	81	91.0 (86.0–96.0)
% of outlets with RDTs in stock or microscopy	16	88.9 (76.7–101.1)	3	7.9 (0.7–15.1)	11	68.8 (49.7–87.8)	0	0.0	21	80.8 (68.1–935.)	1	1.2 (− 0.71–2.96)

^aNon-HF AM = non-health facility anti-malarial. This table reports stocks available on the day of the survey. Health facilities include hospitals, public and private health facilities and dispensaries. Non-health facility anti-malarial providers include pharmacies, drug stores, ADDOs and general stores. Malaria diagnosis tools include RDTs and microscopy

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