Table 2.
Health facility readiness and health worker competency for Cameroon, Mali, and Niger across three rounds of OTSS
| Descriptive statistic | Cameroon, n (%) | Mali, n (%) | Niger, n (%) | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R3 | R4 | R5 | R3 | R4 | R5 | R2 | R3 | R4 | |
| Health facility readiness | |||||||||
| Health facilities that have a 90% score for overall readiness | 215 (7.9) | 395 (21.0) | 285 (60.4) | 480 (33.1) | 384 (40.6) | 374 (41.7) | 106 (5.7) | 79 (31.6) | 96 (29.2) |
| Health facilities that have ≥50% of trained health workers | 215 (36.3) | 395 (55.7) | 285 (91.2) | 482 (41.9) | 384 (37.5) | 374 (38.5) | 106 (27.4) | 79 (32.9) | 96 (51.0) |
| Average score of health facilities that have the necessary materials | 215 (79.3) | 395 (89.5) | 283 (77.5) | 480 (80.9) | 384 (84.7) | 374 (86.9) | 106 (89.4) | 79 (93.0) | 96 (94.0) |
| Health facilities that have RDTs available | 215 (96.3) | 395 (90.1) | 285 (93.7) | 482 (93.4) | 384 (98.2) | 374 (99.2) | 106 (99.1) | 79 (92.4) | 96 (92.7) |
| Health facilities that have ACTs* | 215 (77.7) | 395 (53.4) | 211 (97.2) | 480 (50.6) | 384 (69.5) | 272 (98.2) | 106 (81.1) | 79 (91.1) | 87 (95.4) |
| Health worker competency | |||||||||
| Health workers who have a 90% score for competency | 211 (10.4) | 394 (16.6) | 285 (18.9) | 475 (37.9) | 396 (46.0) | 386 (45.6) | 98 (16.3) | 79 (51.9) | 96 (42.7) |
| Health workers who classified malaria correctly | 101 (97.0) | 311 (96.8) | 153 (93.5) | 282 (93.6) | 104 (98.1) | 94 (97.9) | 89 (100.0) | 60 (98.3) | 87 (100.0) |
| Health workers who requested a malaria test† | 215 (97.2) | 394 (97.5) | 285 (98.6) | 478 (94.4) | 396 (95.0) | 386 (94.8) | 109 (100.0) | 79 (97.5) | 96 (97.9) |
| Health workers who provided the correct treatment‡ | 87 (83.9)§ | 255 (94.9)ǁ | 120 (98.3)ǁ | 183 (97.3)ǁ | 76 (100.0)ǁ | 74 (100.0)ǁ | 84 (98.8)ǁ | 56 (100.0)ǁ | 75 (100.0)ǁ |
ACT = artemisinin-based combination therapy; R = round; RDT = rapid diagnostic test.
The ACT variable was calculated in a binary way (0/1) as 1 = all age groups had ACTs available and 0 = at least one age group did not have ACTs available.
A malaria test was defined as an RDT or microscopy. Because of indicator wording, RDT and microscopy could not be disaggregated.
The variable for providing the right treatment was split into two categories: for pregnant women or for nonpregnant women. Except for Cameroon round 3, all data for nonpregnant women were used.
Cameroon round 3 had data for pregnant women only; there were no data for nonpregnant women.
Nonpregnant women.