Quality of malaria services offered in public health facilities in three provinces of Mozambique: a cross-sectional study

Table 3 Standard key indicators on healthcare worker performance in malaria case management, as assessed in health facility surveys in Maputo, Zambézia, and Cabo Delgado Provinces, Mozambique, 2018

	Maputo		Zambézia		Cabo Delgado
	%	95% CI	%	95% CI	%	95% CI
Suspect malaria cases receiving malaria test	33	24–43	62	53–70	69	60–77
< 5 years	34	21–51	70	60–79	68	54–79
RDT	29	15–49	66	53–77	67	54–79
Microscopy	5.1	0.9–24	4.1	1–12	0.4	0.1–1.6
≥ 5 years	32	21–46	53	42–64	71	59–81
RDT	24	13–40	51	40–62	68	55–78
Microscopy	11	5–24	3.9	2–9	7.1	3–16
Confirmed malaria cases treated with appropriate antimalarial	54	20–84	87	77–93	90	82–94
Suspect malaria cases negative for malaria* but treated with antimalarial	7.7	2–23	22	14–32	16	8–32
Suspect malaria cases not tested, treated with appropriate antimalarial	0	****	1.1	0.2–6.5	2.7	0.5–13
Suspect malaria cases managed correctly**	29	21–39	44	37–52	48	41–55
True malaria cases appropriately treated***	14	5–34	52	42–62	49	42–57

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