Table 2.

Utilization of CMDs for treatment of children with fever in 4 sites (source: CMD registers)

	Ejisu – Juaben District, Ghana	Ho District, Ghana	Badeku and Ojoku/Ajia Districts, Nigeria	Bugiri and Iganga Districts, Uganda	Totals
Number of CMDs	54	76	60	118	308
Total number febrile episodes in children less than 5 treated with ACTs by CMDs	4522	3958	1044	11039	20563
Number (%) treated by age
6–11 months	789 (17%)	474 (12%)	99 (9%)	2209 (20%)	3571 (17%)
12–23 months	1531 (34%)	1157 (29%)	186 (18%)	2571 (23%)	5445 (26%)
24–35 months	1082 (24%)	1054 (27%)	236 (23%)	2548 (23%)	4920 (24%)
36–59 months	1120 (25%)	1273 (32%)	523 (50%)	3711 (34%)	6627 (32%)
Number (%) treated by sex
Female	2458 (54%)	1977 (50%)	493 (47%)	NA	4928 (52%)
Male	2064 (46%)	1980 (50%)	551 (53%)	NA	4595 (48%)
Number (%) treated by promptness of utilization
Same day	2636 (58%)	2125 (54%)	479 (49%)	5445 (49%) within 24 hours	14124 (69%)
Next day	1886 (42%)	1313 (33%)	240 (24%)
Later than next day	0 (0%)	520 (13%)	263 (27%)	5594 (51%)	6377 (31%)