Table 1.

Treatment-seeking behaviour for children under five with fever in the past two weeks (%)

	Benin	DRC	Madagascar	Nigeria	Uganda	Zambia
	N = 926	N = 2, 661	N = 2, 120	N = 3, 247	N = 1, 695	N = 1, 877
Initial treatment-seeking behaviour
Did not seek treatment	17.4	9.4	9.5	4.8	4.5	8.0
At home	44.2	23.4	15.8	32.2	37.5	24.5
Public sector or non-profit facility, including:	13.5	16.0	21.3	17.6	16.4	49.8
Public/non-profit facility	13.4	16.0	20.1	16.8	14.9	48.6
CHW	0.1	0.0	1.2	0.8	1.5	1.2
Private sector, including:	25.0	51.1	53.4	45.5	41.7	17.7
Private health facility	3.5	10.1	7.1	5.3	28.6	1.9
Pharmacy or drug store	2.8	36.5	27.1	37.1	10.4	5.3
Other private	18.7	4.5	19.3	3.1	2.7	10.5
At any time during the fever episode
Sought treatment outside of the home	50.3	73.3	78.0	72.6	71.7	77.1
Number of treatment sources (excluding home)	N = 466	N = 1, 929	N = 1, 660	N = 2, 385	N = 1, 221	N = 1, 437
1 source	91.6	83.8	91.9	88.0	88.3	92.0
2 sources	7.9	15.4	7.6	11.5	11.3	7.6
3 sources	0.4	0.8	0.5	0.6	0.4	0.4
Sector mix (excluding home)
Private, no public	54.9	73.7	68.2	68.7	68.3	21.8
Public, no private	39.9	23.1	28.5	25.7	26.7	72.1
Public & private	5.2	3.3	3.2	5.6	5.0	6.1
Public sector source, among those who sought public sector treatment	N = 210	N = 464	N = 518	N = 707	N = 385	N = 1, 094
Public/non-profit facility	98.6	100.0	94.7	95.5	91.1	98.2
CHW	1.4	0.0	5.3	5.0	9.1	2.0
Private sector source, among those who sought private sector treatment	N = 280	N = 1, 530	N = 1, 198	N = 1, 797	N = 899	N = 432
Private health facility	22.1	26.1	16.8	13.6	74.1	13.4
Pharmacy or drug store	10.0	70.1	51.6	81.7	21.9	30.6
Other private	71.1	8.6	35.4	8.3	7.0	57.3