Table 4.
Types of Antimalarial Prescribed
| Variables | Categories | Frequency (%) | |
| First Choice | Second Choice | ||
|
Medicines Prescribed for Complicated Malaria |
Chloroquine | 3 (1.3) | 2 (1.2) |
| Quinine | 62 (27.6) | 60 (35.0) | |
| Amodiaquine | 10 (4.4) | 1 (0.6) | |
| Artesunate | 90 (40.0) | 79 (46.2) | |
| Arthemether | 60 (26.7) | 29 (17.0) | |
|
Drugs Prescribed for Uncomplicated Malaria |
Arthemeter-amodiaquine | 2 (6.3) | 5 (15.6) |
| Arthemeter-lumefantrine | 23 (71.9) | 6 (18.8) | |
| Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine | 3 (9.4) | 2 (6.2) | |
| Artesunate | 4 (12.6) | 0 (0.0) | |
| Arthemeter-sulphadoxine/Pyremethamine | 0 (0.0) | 1 (3.1) | |
| Sulphadoxine -pyremethamine | 0 (0.0) | 8 (25.0) | |
| Chloroquine | 0 (0.0) | 10 (31.3) | |