Table 6.
Distribution of the households taking azithromycin and frequency
| District | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mojo | Lume | |||||
| Number | % | Number | % | Number | % | |
| Number of Household taking azithromycin | 123 | 82 | 497 | 88 | 620 | 87 |
| Frequency of azithromycin | ||||||
| Only once | 26 | 19 | 194 | 33 | 220 | 30 |
| Twice | 111 | 81 | 398 | 67 | 509 | 70 |
| Reasons for the Household member taking only once | ||||||
| Painful | 0 | 0 | 39 | 21 | 39 | 18 |
| They were not around | 28 | 93 | 116 | 62 | 144 | 68 |
| Pregnancy | 2 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 15 | 7 |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 23 | 12 | 23 | 11 |
| Reasons not taking azithromycin, fear of side effect | ||||||
| Nausea | 0 | 0 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 7 |
| Diarrhoea | 5 | 38 | 39 | 48 | 44 | 46 |
| Vomiting | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Abdominal Cramp | 8 | 52 | 35 | 43 | 43 | 45 |
| Others | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |