Table 2.
Drugs used by caregiver’s for the management of fever, OKT and DCO health districts, Benin 2011
| OKT (South) | DCO (North) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | n (%) | n (%) | |
| Anti-malarial alone | 92 (12.0) | 131 (22.0) | |
| ACT | 58 (7.6) | 106 (17.8) | |
| Chloroquine | 21 (2.7) | 18 (3.0) | |
| Quinine | 11 (1.4) | 6 (1.0) | |
| Amodiaquine | 1 (0.1) | 1 (0.2) | |
| Sulfadoxine-pyriméthamine | 1 (0.1) | ||
| Paracetamol alone | 62 (8.1) | 91 (15.3) | |
| Aspirine alone | 7 (0.9) | 9 (1.5) | |
| Herbal tea alone | 287 (37.5) | 148 (24.9) | |
| Anti-malarial + paracetamol | 99 (13.0) | 146 (24.5) | |
| ACT | 49 (6.4) | 84 (14.1) | |
| Chloroquine | 43 (5.6) | 50 (8.4) | |
| Quinine | 7 (1.0) | 12 (2.0) | |
| Anti-malarial+Herbal tea | 84 (11.0) | ||
| ACT | 47 (6.1) | ||
| Chloroquine | 30 (3.9) | ||
| Quinine | 7 (0.9) | ||
| Paracetamol + Herbal tea | 68 (8.9) | 51 (8.6) | |
| Anti-malarial+ Herbal tea + paracetamol | 35 (4.6) | ||
| Others (antibiotoics, iron, anti-helminths) | 34 (4.4) | 18 (3.0) |