Economic costs analysis of uncomplicated malaria case management in the Peruvian Amazon

Malaria Journal

Table 1 Health services availability in communities, time to health centre and knowledge, attitudes and practices (KAP) survey

River basin	Community	Availability		Time to the health centre	KAP survey
		Health post^a	Community health worker	Minutes^b	Inhabitant	Household
		Health post^a	Community health worker	Minutes^b	n	n	%
Mazan	Primero de Enero	No	Yes	135	133	25	3.7
	Visto Bueno	No	Yes	275	79	15	2.2
	14 de Julio	No	Yes	30	136	23	3.4
	Santa Cruz	No	Yes	45	439	73	10.7
	Libertad	Yes	Yes	155	374	64	9.4
	Puerto Alegre	No	Yes	15	353	57	8.4
Subtotal Mazan					1514	257	37.8
Napo	Huaman Urco	Yes	Yes	195	502	85	12.5
	San Antonio de Zambrano	No	Yes	30	124	24	3.5
	Urco Miraño^c	No	No	225	371	54	7.9
	Bello Horizonte	No	Yes	80	285	47	6.9
	Puerto Abeja^c	No	Yes	315	109	19	2.8
	Tamanco	Yes	No	180	228	49	7.2
	Puerto Obrero	No	No	105	109	21	3.1
	Salvador	No	Yes	45	456	91	13.4
	Sucusari^c	No	Yes	270	179	33	4.9
Subtotal Napo					2363	423	62.2
Total					3877	680	100

^aHealth post without capacity for malaria diagnosis by light microscopy
^bTime from community to the health centre in Mazan town using a 13 horsepower motor on a local boat
^cIncludes ethnic groups (Urco Miraño: Yagua; Puerto Abeja: Kichwa; Sucusari: Maijuna)

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