Table 3.
Malaria prevention, illness in past two weeks, and IPTi coverage and perceptions from household survey in Phase 2
| n | % (weighted) | 95% confidence interval | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Among children (N = 459) | |||
| Slept under mosquito net previous night | 408 | 88.5% | 84.5—92.6 |
| Ill with fever in previous 2 weeks | 103 | 22.7% | 17.0—28.4 |
| Blood taken from finger or heel | 66 | 65.3% | 52.5—78.2 |
| Diagnosed with malaria | |||
| Yes | 55 | 50.5% | 39.4—61.6 |
| No | 45 | 47.6% | 36.3—58.9 |
| Don't Know | 3 | 1.9% | 0—4.7 |
| Sought advice for illness of child | 81 | 79.3% | 69.7—88.9 |
| Among those that sought advice, child hospitalized for this illness | 13 | 17.2% | 6.4—28.0 |
| Took medication for illness | 77 | 95.3% | 90.6—100 |
| Received IPTi-1a | 299 | 67.4% | 58.3 – 75.3 |
| Reasons for not receiving IPTi among those with no ITPi (n = 114) | |||
| Did not know it was required | 42 | 34.7 | (21.9, 50.2) |
| Child not offered medication by provider | 15 | 14.4 | (8.2, 24.1) |
| Has not visited a facility for immunization since birth | 11 | 10.5 | (4.8, 21.6) |
| Time/place of immunization not convenient | 8 | 6.2 | (3.2, 11.8) |
| Feared side effects | 7 | 5.9 | (2.6, 12.7) |
| Had to pay | 7 | 5.0 | (1.8, 13.3) |
| Medication was not at the facility | 6 | 5.5 | (2.1, 13.8) |
| Distance/Lack of or cost of transport | 4 | 3.7 | (1.1, 12.0) |
| Did not know where to get it | 3 | 2.9 | (0.9, 9.0) |
| Cultural/religious reasons | 2 | 2.2 | (0.1, 9.3) |
| Needed to work | 2 | 1.7 | (0.4, 7.5) |
| Medication affects other vaccinations | 1 | 0.6 | (0.1, 4.7) |
| Among caregivers (N = 449) | |||
| Heard about a new way to prevent infants from getting malaria | 296 | 67.4% | 59.7—75.1 |
| Heard about a new malaria tablet (among those who heard about a new way to prevent malaria among infants) | 289 | 97.9% | 96.3—99.6 |
| Perceived the new malaria tablet as very safe | 279 | 96.1% | 93.6—98.6 |
aAccording to card and mother’s recall; 40 children who only received IPTi-2 and/or IPTi-3 according to their vaccination card were not counted as receiving IPTi-1
bThe total does not equal 100% because it was a multiple choice question