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. 2012 Jan 4;11:4. doi: 10.1186/1475-2875-11-4

Table 5.

Responses from the post scale-up survey participants (n = 252) about the treatment of fever, diarrhoea, and ARI in children under five

n %
Have been offering fever, diarrhoea and ARI treatment services (months) 0-3 2 0.8
4-5 6 5.2
6-7 237 94.1
8 7 2.8

Number of diarrhoeal patients treated/month 0 15 6.0
1-3 136 54.0
4-6 77 30.6
6-9 15 6.0
10 or more 9 3.6

Number of ARI patients treated/month 0 46 18.3
1-3 151 59.9
4-6 49 19.4
6-9 3 1.2
10 or more 3 1.2

Change in malaria service since service expansion More active 2 0.8
Same 173 68.6
Less active 77 30.6

Enthusiasm about serving as VMW since service expansion More enthusiastic 167 66.3
Same 59 23.4
Less enthusiastic 26 10.3

Willingness to continue fever, diarrhoea, and ARI treatment services Yes 251 99.6
Other 1 0.4

Support needed to improve services for malaria, fever, diarrhoea, and ARI treatment services* Honorarium/salary 251 99.6
More advice/supervision from health center 243 96.4
More advice/supervision from CNM 226 89.7
More VMWs in the village 80 31.8

Knowledge(correct answer) Treatment for 4-year-olds with 39.3C 53 21.0
Referral: one-month-olds with 38.2C 244 96.8
Treatment for 3-year-olds with diarrhoea > 2 weeks 233 92.5
Referral: 4-year-olds with bloody diarrhoea 239 94.8
Treatment for 2-year-olds with ARI symptom 162 64.3
Referral: 3-month-olds with ARI symptom 58 23.0

*multiple choices ok