Table 3 Health workers’ exposure to the programmatic support interventions in Kano state, by cadre
From: Health systems readiness and quality of inpatient malaria case-management in Kano State, Nigeria
Support interventions | Clinicians (N = 55) | Nurses (N = 99) | All HWs (N = 154) |
|---|---|---|---|
n (%) | n (%) | n (%) | |
Traininga | |||
 Trained on any malaria case-management | 21 (43.8) | 30 (31.6) | 51 (35.7) |
 Trained on severe malaria case-management | 19 (39.6) | 29 (30.5) | 48 (33.6) |
 Trained on artesunate use | 21 (43.8) | 27 (28.4) | 48 (33.6) |
 Trained on severe malaria case-management and artesunate use | 19 (39.6) | 27 (28.4) | 46 (32.2) |
Guidelinesa | |||
 Has national malaria case-management guideline | 18 (35.3) | 13 (13.4) | 31 (21.0) |
Supportive supervisiona | |||
 Any supervisory visit in last 3 months | 11 (21.6) | 23 (24.7) | 34 (23.6) |
 Supervision on severe malaria case-management | 7 (13.7) | 14 (15.1) | 21 (14.6) |
 Supervision on artesunate use | 6 (11.8) | 14 (15.1) | 20 (13.9) |