Table 2.
Carer’s disease knowledge in the Volta and Northern Regions
| Volta Region | Northern Region | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Indicator | N | % (95% CI)a | N | % (95% CI)a |
| Identifying mosquito as malaria vector | 645 | 96.8 (90.4, 98.9) | 626 | 91.0 (84.5, 94.9) |
| Identifying at least 2 signs of severe malaria | 135 | 21.9 (13.0, 34.3) | 217 | 28.5 (13.6, 50.2) |
| Identifying at least 2 practices that can cause diarrhoea | 229 | 35.8 (29.6, 42.5) | 394 | 52.6 (41.2, 63.8) |
| Identifying at least 2 signs of severe diarrhoea | 185 | 30.3 (21.4, 41.0) | 336 | 47.4 (38.6, 56.3) |
| Identifying microorganism as cause of respiratory infection | 92 | 21.1 (12.4, 33.6) | 246 | 36.8 (23.4, 52.5) |
| Identifying vaccination as practice to prevent respiratory infections | 5 | 0.2 (0.01, 3.8) | 73 | 12.0 (9.1, 15.5) |
| Identifying 2 signs of severe pneumonia | 52 | 8.7 (4.4, 16.5) | 184 | 25.5 (19.7, 32.4) |
aWeighted estimates