Table 3.
Distribution of auxiliaries according to their knowledge and practice on malaria
| Variables | Number (%) |
|---|---|
| Knowledge | |
| Pathogen | |
| Good response | 112 (25.1) |
| Poor response | 293 (65.5) |
| Don’t know | 42 (9.4) |
| Mode of transmission | |
| Oil consumption | 1 (0.2) |
| Heavy work | 2 (0.5) |
| Exposure to the sun | 4 (0.9) |
| Poor hygiene | 20 (4.5) |
| Bite of the female anopheles | 420 (93.9) |
| Major clinical signs | |
| Fever | 443 (99.1) |
| Headache | 418 (93.5) |
| Body aches | 402 (89.9) |
| Biological diagnosis | |
| Thick drop | 244 (54.6) |
| Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) | 182 (40.7) |
| Blood cell count | 52 (16.1) |
| Thin smear | 7 (1.6) |
| Quantititive Buffy Coat (QBC) | 2 (0.4) |
| Widal and Felix | 13 (2.9) |
| Don’t know | 55 (12.3) |
| Known antimalarial drugs | |
| Artemether + lumefantrine | 444 (99.3) |
| Artesunate + amodiaquine | 323 (72.3) |
| Dihydroartemisinin + piperaquine | 212 (47.4) |
| Quinine | 287 (64.2) |
| Artésunate + sulfamethoxypyrazine + pyrmethamine | 11 (2.5) |
| Sulfadoxine + pyrimethamine | 188 (42.1) |
| Arterolanemaleate + piperaquine | 60 (13.4) |
| Mefloquine | 71 (15.9) |
| Artesunate + mefloquine | 14 (3.1) |
| Chloroquine | 8 (1.8) |
| Neem Kinkeliba Khaya Senegalensis (DIE KOUADIO) | 2 (0.4) |
| Existence of National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) | |
| Yes | 205 (45.9) |
| No | 242 (54.1) |
| Knowledge of NMCP guidelines | |
| Treatment of uncomplicated malaria | |
| Good | 126 (28.2) |
| Poor | 77 (17.2) |
| Don’t know | 244 (54.6) |
| Treatment of complicated malaria | |
| Good | 120 (26.9) |
| Poor | 40 (8.9) |
| Don’t Know | 287 (64.2) |
| Strategics of vector control | |
| long-lasting insecticide treated mosquito nets (LLITNs) | 446 (99.8) |
| Praying of insecticide | 367 (82.1) |
| Cleaning of gutters | 335 (74.9) |
| Fine wire mesh | 149 (33.3) |
| Repellent ointments | 280 (62.6) |
| Vaccination | 38 (8.5) |
| Elimination of larvae breeding sites | 317 (70.9) |
| Practices | |
| Advice | |
| Yes | 408 (91.3) |
| No | 39 (8.7) |
| Delivery of drug and prevention advice | |
| Yes | 2 (0.5) |
| No | 447 (99.5) |
| Auxiliaire performing RDT | |
| Yes | 151 (33.8) |
| No | 296 (66.2) |