Table 2.

Characteristics of outpatient health workers in Sudan

Health worker characteristics (N = 294)	n	%	95% CI
Male health worker	243	82.7	78.3-87.0
In-charge of health facility	193	66.3	61.0-71.8
Pre-service training
Doctor	79	26.9	21.8-32.0
Medical assistant	129	43.9	38.2-49.6
Nurse	37	12.6	8.8-16.4
Community Health Worker	37	12.6	8.8-16.4
Other cadres	12	4.1	1.8-6.4
In-service training on malaria case-management
Any training based on ACT policy	155	52.7	46.9-58.4
NMCP training	127	43.2	37.5-48.9
IMCI training	71	24.1	19.2-29.1
Malaria RDT training	69	23.5	18.6-28.3
Brief ACT orientation	124	42.2	36.5-47.9
Access to guidelines
Malaria treatment booklet	117	39.7	34.2-45.4
Exposure to supervision
Any supervisory visit in past 6 months	105	35.7	30.2-41.2
Supervisory visit including malaria case-management	57	19.4	14.8-23.9