Table 2.

Home treatment of children by care-givers and the medication used before coming to the hospital.

Type of Medication	No. of individuals	% of total
No medication235	63.2
Chloroquine	65	17.5
Antipyretics (Paracetamol)	36	9.7
Antibiotics (Septrin)	20	5.4
Drug concoction	14	3.8
Herbal concoction	*2	0.5

^*This figure is so low because some care-givers denied the use of local herbs in home care since they were often rebuked in the hospital for taking such measures instead of coming to the health center.