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Table 2 Source of advice or treatment for children with fever and components of malaria service readiness by facilities in Malawi, Senegal and Tanzania

From: Examination of malaria service utilization and service provision: an analysis of DHS and SPA data from Malawi, Senegal, and Tanzania

Facility type

DHS Survey Data

SPA Survey Data

% for whom advice or treatment was sought

Number of children under 5 years with a fever

Among facilities offering malaria diagnosis/treatment services or curative sick child care services, percentage with

Personnel trained in RDT, microscopy or case management treatment of malaria in children

National guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of malaria

Diagnostic capacitya

ACT available

Malaria service readiness index

Total number of facilities

Malawi

2015–2016 Malawi DHS

2013–2014 Malawi SPA

Government hospital

7.8 [6.5–9.2]

4774

83.9 [70.9–91.7]

82.0 [68.9–90.4]

75.9 [62.1–85.8]

100.0

59.9 [45.9–72.5]

48

Government health centre

38.6 [36.4–40.9]

4774

65.4 [60.2–70.2]

71.2 [66.2–75.7]

41.4 [36.4–46.7]

99.2 [97.7–99.9]

32.0 [27.3–37.1]

338

Government health post or mobile clinic

6.9 [5.8–8.3]

4774

40.9 [29.8–53.2]

60.4 [48.2–71.5]

19.6 [11.7–30.9]

80.8 [69.2–88.7]

14.9 [8.2–25.7]

68

Private facility

4.9 [3.8–6.2]

4774

38.8 [33.6–44.2]

50.8 [45.4–56.3]

19.1 [15.2–23.8]

81.5 [76.9–85.4]

11.7 [8.6–15.7]

330

Christian health association/mission/faith-based

3.9 [3.1–4.9]

4774

57.8 [50.1–65.1]

70.4 [63–76.9]

43.3 [36.0–51.0]

98.8 [95.3–99.7]

32.5 [25.8–40.0]

162

Any other source

5.9 [5.0–6.9]

4774

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Total

67.1 [65.1–69.0]

4774

54.0 [50.8–57.1]

63.7 [60.6–66.8]

34.2 [31.2–37.2]

91.8 [89.8–93.4]

25.2 [22.5–28.0]

947

Senegal

2016 Senegal Continuous DHS

2016 Senegal Continuous DHS

Government hospital or health centre

4.6 [3.0–7.1]

692

86.2 [74.4–93.1]

91.1 [79.8–96.4]

81.9 [69.8–89.8]

89.8 [78.4–95.5]

77.0 [64.4–86.0]

29

Government health post or mobile clinic

32.3 [27.0–38.1]

692

96.2 [92.1–98.2]

94.1 [89.8–96.7]

73.8 [67.3–79.4]

96.0 [92.4–97.9]

68.8 [62.1–74.8]

252

Government health hut

3.4 [2.0–5.7]

692

84.2 [69.5–92.5]

76.0 [60.5–86.7]

27.6 [17.7–40.2]

63.0 [48–75.8]

20.9 [12.2–33.3]

85

Private facility

8.6 [5.3–13.9]

692

64.5 [51.7–75.5]

71.9 [60–81.4]

41.6 [30.3–53.9]

48.5 [36.5–60.6]

26.3 [16.9–38.5]

70

Any other source

2.8 [1.5–4.9]

692

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Total

49.8 [45.1–54.6]

692

88.1 [83.9–91.3]

86.8 [82.4–90.2]

60.1 [54.7–65.3]

81.5 [76.7–85.5]

53.2 [47.8–58.4]

436

Tanzania

2015–2016 Tanzania DHS-MIS

2014–2015 Tanzania SPA

Government hospital

3.8 [2.6–5.3]

1706

66.5 [48.9–80.5]

47.8 [35.1–60.8]

61.7 [45.6–75.6]

91.0 [84.5–95.0]

33.3 [23.7–44.4]

24

Government health centre

5.8 [4.4–7.7]

1706

73.5 [67.8–78.6]

61.0 [54.8–66.9]

57.4 [51.2–63.4]

94.5 [91.2–96.6]

35.3 [29.6–41.4]

88

Government clinic/dispensary

18.8 [15.8–22.2]

1706

46.8 [41.4–52.2]

64.9 [59.5–70.0]

26.5 [22.1–31.5]

94.2 [91.0–96.2]

18.5 [14.8–23.0]

761

Private facility

7.7 [6.1–9.7]

1706

27.5 [18.4–38.8]

42.5 [31.0–54.9]

20.9 [13.0–31.8]

73.7 [61.3–83.2]

10.9 [5.2–21.4]

156

Mission/faith-based

3.9 [2.9–5.3]

1706

47.7 [36.4–59.3]

60.4 [48.6–71.1]

20.5 [13.9–29.2]

84.1 [73.1–91.2]

12.2 [7.5–19.1]

147

Any other source

54.3 [50.7–57.8]

1706

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

Total

81.3 [78.5–83.6]

1706

46.7 [42.6–50.9]

60.7 [56.5–64.8]

28.1 [24.7–31.7]

90.2 [87.3–92.4]

18.3 [15.5–21.5]

1177

  1. See Table 3 for more details on the components of diagnostic capacity
  2. aDiagnostic capacity is defined as a facility having microscopy diagnostic capacity or RDT diagnostic capacity