Table 1.
Total outpatient attendances during the 21-day period of the study according to primary diagnosis.
| Diagnosis | *Age <5 yr | Age 5+ yr | Total |
| Acute respiratory infection | 184(40%) | 174(21%) | 358(28%) |
| Malaria | 96(21%) | 144(18%) | 240(19%) |
| Diarrhoea | 58(13%) | 59(7%) | 117(9%) |
| Skin infection | 23(5%) | 21(3%) | 44(3%) |
| Intestinal helminths | 17(4%) | 9(1%) | 26(2%) |
| Ear infection | 7(2%) | 7(1%) | 14(1%) |
| Urinary tract infection | 3(1%) | 11(1%) | 14(1%) |
| Anaemia | 2(0.4%) | 10(1%) | 12(1%) |
| Other | 70(15%) | 378(46%) | 448(35%) |
| Total | 460 | 813 | 1,273 |
*Age groups determined by routine reporting of outpatient attendances according to Ministry of Health guidelines.