Table 4 Treatment-seeking behaviour and access to diagnosis and treatment: resident respondents seeking treatment for febrile illness (recall < 4 weeks) and respondents who received a blood test for malaria, by country
Indicator | Adults | Children < 18 years | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Angola | Mozambique | Zambia | Zimbabwe | Angola | Mozambique | Zambia | Zimbabwe | |
Proportion of respondents who had fever in the last 4 weeks, % (N) | 16 (277) | 19 (345) | 15 (229) | 14 (331) | 13 (366) | 18 (430) | 19 (393) | 10 (72) |
Proportion of respondents with fever within the previous 4 weeks who reported seeking treatment, % (N) | 73 (44) | 70 (64) | 89 (35) | 98 (45) | 59 (49) | 100 (76) | 62 (73) | 100 (7) |
Among those seeking treatment, average number of days from fever onset to seeking treatment, days (N) | 1.91 (32) | 1 (45) | 1.16 (31) | 1.18 (44) | 2 (29) | 0.86 (76) | 1.67 (45) | 1.71 (7) |
Proportion of respondents to seek treatment within 48 h of fever of all those who had fever in the last 4 weeks, % (N) | 36 (44) | 64 (64) | 80 (35) | 93 (45) | 35 (49) | 73 (76) | 47 (73) | 86 (7) |
Proportion of respondents to seek treatment within 48 h of fever of all those who sought treatment, % (N) | 50 (32) | 91 (45) | 90 (31) | 95 (44) | 59 (29) | 73 (76) | 76 (45) | 86 (7) |
Proportion of respondents who were tested with a blood test of all who had fever within 4 weeks, % (N) | 52 (44) | 50 (64) | 54 (35) | 93 (45) | 51 (49) | 66 (76) | 47 (73) | 100 (7) |
Proportion of respondents who were tested with a blood test of all who sought treatment, % (N) | 72 (32) | 71 (45) | 61 (31) | 95 (44) | 86 (29) | 66 (76) | 76 (45) | 100 (7) |
Proportion of respondents who tested positive for malaria of those who were tested, % (N) | 39 (23) | 16 (32) | 0 (19) | 83 (42) | 52 (25) | 12 (50) | 6 (34) | 57 (7) |
Proportion of respondents who received any medication or treatment for malaria of those who tested positive for malaria, % (N) | 89 (9) | 100 (5) | 0 (0) | 97 (35) | 92 (13) | 100 (6) | 100 (2) | 100 (4) |