Table 1. Survey information for 13 countries.

Country	Survey	Year	Fieldwork months	n PSUs	n Under-fives	Percent under-fives withfever (95% CI)a		n Febrileunder-fives	Percent febrile under-fivestested (95% CI)b		Year of nationalpolicy changec
Angola	MIS	2011	January-May	240	7,782	34.1	(31.9–36.2)	2,652	25.9	(23.0–28.9)	2010
Burkina Faso	DHS	2010–2011	May-January	574	14,001	20.6	(19.5–21.7)	2,886	5.3	(4.3–6.3)	2009
Burundi	DHS	2010–2011	August-January	376	7,418	30.1	(28.6–31.7)	2,236	27.0	(24.4–29.6)	2007
Lesotho	DHS	2009–2010	October-January	400	3,348	17.2	(15.7–18.8)	577	10.0	(6.7–13.2)	–
Liberia	MIS	2011	September-December	150	2,876	49.2	(46.4–52.1)	1,416	33.3	(28.9–37.7)	2005
Madagascar	MIS	2011	April-May	268	6,377	14.7	(13.0–16.4)	938	6.2	(4.0–8.5)	2006
Malawi	DHS	2010	June-November	849	18,013	34.5	(33.0–36.0)	6,214	17.4	(15.8–19.1)	2011
Nigeria	MIS	2010	October-December	239	5,519	35.4	(32.3–38.6)	1,956	5.4	(4.1–6.8)	2006
Rwanda	DHS	2010–2011	September-March	492	8,605	15.8	(14.8–16.7)	1,355	21.0	(18.5–23.5)	2009
Senegal	DHS	2010–2011	October-April	391	10,893	22.6	(20.8–24.4)	2,463	9.7	(7.8–11.6)	2007
Tanzania	AIS/MIS	2011–2012	December-May	583	8,216	20.4	(18.8–22.0)	1,675	24.9	(21.2–28.7)	2009 (mainland); 2006 (Zanzibar)
Uganda	DHS	2011	June-December	404	7,535	40.4	(38.1–42.7)	3,042	25.9	(23.2–28.6)	1997
Zimbabwe	DHS	2010–2011	September-March	406	5,208	9.7	(8.8–10.7)	506	7.4	(4.9–9.8)	2008
Total					105,791	26.5	(21.0–32.0)	27,916	16.9	(11.8–21.9)

DHS refers to Demographic and Health Survey. MIS refers to Malaria Indicator Survey. AIS refers to AIDS Indicator Survey. PSU refers to primary sampling unit.

^aChildren less than five years old reportedly having fever in the 2 weeks prior to the interview.

^bFebrile children less than five years old reportedly receiving a finger or heel stick for testing.

^c [40] Refers to year national policy changed to recommend parasitological diagnosis in patients of all ages prior to treatment.