Table 2. Information on care seeking, treatment, and point-of-treatment available from the large-scale household surveys for the five countries.

Country and Survey	Care Seeking:			Appropriate Treatment:		Place of Appropriate Treatment:
	Available	CCM Health Provider Listed as Possible Response	Additional Information	Available	Additional Information	Available	Treatment Provider (CCM)
Ethiopia 2005 DHS	Yes for all illnesses	Community health agent	Indicates first care-seeking site	Yes for all illnesses	For pneumonia and fever illnesses: asks if drug was obtained outside the home.	No	N/A
Niger 2006 DHS	Yes for all illnesses	For diarrhea illness: Agent santé communautaireFor pneumonia/fever: no community health worker listed	No	Yes, for diarrhea and fever only	For fever illness: asks if drug was obtained outside the home.	No	N/A
Mali 2006 DHS	Yes for all illnesses	Agent santé communautaire	No	Yes, for diarrhea and fever only	For fever illness: asks if drug was obtained outside the home.	No	N/A
Ghana 2008 DHS	Yes for all illnesses	Government and nongovernment fieldworker	Indicates first care-seeking site	Yes for all illnesses	For pneumonia and fever illnesses: Asks if drug was obtained outside the home.	No	N/A
Malawi 2010 DHS	Yes for all illnesses	Government and nongovernment health surveillance assistants	Indicates first care-seeking site	Yes for all illnesses	No	No	N/A
Ethiopia 2011 DHS	Yes for all illnesses	Government health post/health extension workers	Indicates first care-seeking site	Yes for all illnesses	No	No	N/A
DHS Phase 6 Core 2008–2013	Yes for all illnesses	Government and nongovernment fieldworker	Indicates first care-seeking site	Yes for all illnesses	No	No	N/A
Ghana 2006 MICS	Yes, for pneumonia only; Partiala for fever only	For pneumonia illness: village health workerFor fever illness: no community health workers listed	For fever illness: asks if child was taken to a health facility; no specific sites are listed	Yes for all illnesses	No	Yes for all illnesses	Village health worker
Malawi 2006 MICS	Yes, for pneumonia only; Partiala for fever only	For pneumonia illness: village health workerFor fever illness: no community health workers listed	For fever illness: asks if child was taken to a health facility; no specific sites are listed	Yes for all illnesses	No	Partiala, for fever only	For fever illness: asks about specific medicines that were given at the health facility
Mali 2009 MICS	Yes, for pneumonia and fever only	For pneumonia and fever illnesses: no community health workers listed	No	Yes for all illnesses	No	Partiala, for fever only	For fever illness: asks about specific medicines that were given at the health facility
MICS4 Core (2009–2011)	Yes, for pneumonia only; Partiala for fever only	For pneumonia illness: village health worker	For fever illness: asks if child was taken to a health facility; no specific sites are listed	Yes for all illnesses	No	Partiala, for fever only	For fever illness: asks about specific medicines that were given at the health facility

^aPartial indicates that some information is available but not enough to determine exact source of care or treatment.