Table 1. Health facility characteristics.
| Characteristics | N = 105 | |
| No. | % | |
| Health facility level | ||
| Health centre II | 48 | (45.7) |
| Health centre III | 35 | (33.3) |
| Health centre IV | 12 | (11.5) |
| District hospital | 8 | (7.6) |
| Regional Referral hospital | 2 | (1.9) |
| Type of Health facility | ||
| Government | 87 | (82.9) |
| Faith based | 14 | (13.3) |
| Private for profit | 4 | (3.8) |
| Treatment aide memoirs in outpatient units available | 83 | (79.0) |
| Health facilities with defined triage system | 82 | (78.1) |
| Triage practised | 46 | (43.8) |
| Presence of separate lines for adults and children in OPD | 12 | (11.4) |
| Functional weighing scale available | 79 | (75.2) |
| Thermometers available | 83 | (79.0) |
| Antimalarial medicines available on the day of survey | ||
| Quinine injection | 79 | (75.2) |
| IV artesunate | 2 | (1.9) |
| Rectal artemisinin | 5 | (4.8) |
| Artemether Injection | 10 | (9.5) |
| Quinine tablets | 41 | (39.0) |
| Artemether-lumefantrine tablets | 52 | (49.5) |
| Sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine tablets | 64 | (60.9) |
| ‡ Antimalarial medicines available in the 3 months prior to survey | ||
| Quinine injection | 57 | (54.3) |
| Quinine tablets | 17 | (16.2) |
| Artemether-lumefantrine tablets | 35 | (33.3) |
| ‡,† Supplies for severe malaria management available in the 3 months prior to survey at the inpatient units (N = 22) | ||
| 5% dextrose | 8 | (36.4) |
| 50% dextrose | 7 | (31.8) |
| Blood for transfusion | 1 | (4.5) |
| Blood transfusion sets | 8 | (36.4) |
| IV giving sets | 10 | (45.5) |
| Availability of seven basic medicines and supplies for severe malaria management in the 3 months prior to survey at inpatient units* | 0 | (0) |
| † Malaria testing facilities available | ||
| Functional microscope at inpatient units (N = 22) | 17 | (77.3) |
| Functional microscope at health centre IIIs (N = 35) | 18 | (51.4) |
| RDTs at health centre IIs and IIIs (N = 83) | 12 | (14.4) |
*Basic package includes: Quinine injection, Intravenous fluids, 50% dextrose, blood for transfusion, IV giving sets, blood transfusion set, Syringes.
‡
Stock-outs defined as the absence of medicines or supplies for >1 week in the 3 months prior to the survey.
†
Denominators indicated in brackets.