The provision of malaria services in border districts of four countries in Southern Africa: results from a cross-sectional community assessment of malaria border health posts

Table 5 Access to treatment: among those with fever who sought treatment, first choice for seeking treatment, reasons for first choice for seeking treatment, time taken, distance travelled and treatment given, by country (recall < 4 weeks)

Indicator	Adults				Children < 18 years
Indicator	Angola	Mozambique	Zambia	Zimbabwe	Angola	Mozambique	Zambia	Zimbabwe
First choice for diagnosis and treatment for malaria, N	32	45	31	44	29	76	45	7
Government hospital or other government health facility, %	91	91	100	25	76	97	100	100
Private hospital, clinic, doctor, or pharmacy%	6	7	0	0	7	2	0	0
Traditional health practitioner, %	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Community health worker, %	0	0	0	66	7	0	0	0
Other/don’t know, %	0	2	0	9	10	0	0	0
Reasons why first sought treatment at chosen place, N	68	45	31	44	NA	NA	NA	NA
Closest and most convenient, %	69	69	100	91
Cheapest, %	9	0	0	0
Has most resources, best reputation, provides best care %	14	18	0	10
Other/don’t know, %	4	11	0	16
Time taken to travel to place of diagnosis and treatment, N	32	45^a	31	44	29	76^b	45	7
Less than 15 min, %	31	31	74	48	38	25	80	86
15–45 min, %	25	40	19	32	24	46	20	14
More than 45 min, %	44	20	7	20	38	18	0	0
Distance travelled to place of diagnosis and treatment, N	32^c	45	31	44	29	76^d	45	7
Less than 2 km, %	41	36	100	80	52	7	91	100
3 to 8 km, %	31	22	0	18	16	34	4.4	0
> 8 km, %	25	42	0	2	32	7	0.4	0

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