Table 3.
Treatment received by children tested and not tested for malaria and the result of the test in hospitals and health centres
| Treament given |
Tested |
Not Tested |
MP + ve |
MP –ve |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
N = 203 |
N = 1,780 |
N = 126 |
N = 77 |
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| n | % | 95%CI | n | % | 95%CI | n | % | 95%CI | n | % | 95%CI | |
|
All HF | ||||||||||||
| AM |
191 |
94.1 |
85.6, 97.7 |
1,719 |
96.6 |
92.3, 98.5 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
| ACT |
139 |
68.5 |
53.1, 80.7 |
1,484 |
83.4 |
75.1, 89.4* |
121 |
96.0 |
82.5, 99.2 |
70 |
90.9 |
66.4, 98.1 |
| AB |
28 |
13.8 |
8.0, 22.7 |
577 |
32.4 |
20.7, 46.9** |
96 |
76.2 |
52.2, 90.4 |
43 |
55.8 |
42.0, 68.9* |
|
Hospitals | ||||||||||||
| AM |
127 |
92.0 |
77.8, 97.4 |
967 |
98.3 |
93.9, 99.5** |
78 |
95.1 |
59.0, 99.6 |
49 |
87.5 |
49.1, 98.1 |
| ACT |
84 |
60.9 |
48.2, 72.2 |
833 |
84.7 |
68.6, 93.4** |
55 |
67.1 |
49.0, 81.2 |
29 |
51.8 |
34.3, 68.9* |
| AB |
16 |
11.6 |
3.6, 31.3 |
275 |
28.0 |
8.7, 61.1 |
5 |
6.1 |
2.6, 13.6 |
11 |
19.6 |
3.9, 59.6* |
|
Health centres | ||||||||||||
| AM |
64 |
98.5 |
80.5, 99.9 |
752 |
94.5 |
85.4, 98.0 |
43 |
97.7 |
15.4, 100 |
21 |
100 |
- |
| ACT |
55 |
84.6 |
80.1, 88.3 |
651 |
81.8 |
66.2, 91.2 |
41 |
93.2 |
46.4, 99.5 |
14 |
66.7 |
54.0, 77.3 |
| AB | 12 | 18.5 | 16.0, 21.3 | 302 | 37.9 | 26.4, 51.0** | 4 | 9.1 | 1.7, 37.2 | 8 | 38.1 | 25.8, 52.2* |
Note: AM = anti-malarial; ACT = artemisinin combination therapy; AB = antibiotic; HF = health facilities; HC = health centre.
*P = <0.05; **P = <0.01.