Table 3.

Participants’ knowledge about frequent febrile illnesses and information about Chikungunya in selected districts of Afar Region, Northeast Ethiopia (N = 296)

		Number of respondents (%)
What are/is Common febrile illness in this area?	Malaria	270 (91.2)
	Typhoid	204 (68.9)
	Typhus	132 (44.6)
	Dengue	0
	Chikungunya	118 (39.9)
	Other non-specific disease like cough, pneumonia, etc.	67 (22.6)
Have you heard about CHIK and DEN diseases?	Yes	199 (67.2)
	No	97 (32.8)
About which diseases did you hear?	Only CHIK	197 (99.0)
	Both CHIK and DEN	2 (1.0)
Source of information	Media	22 (11.1)
	‘Dagu’*	68 (34.2)
	Teacher/Education	3 (1.5)
	Seminar/meeting	8 (4.0)
	In health facility during outbreaks	98 (49.3)

CHIK = Chikungunya, DEN = Dengue, *traditional information sharing system of the Afar community