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Table 5 Self-reported suspected malaria cases and health services received

From: Malaria control in rural Malawi: implementing peer health education for behaviour change

Item

2015

2016

2017

P-value

(n = 23)

(n = 26)

(n = 49)

Suspected cases

350

 

351

 

567

  

Under 5 (% of suspected cases)

189

(54%)

170

(48%)

299

(53%)

0.291

RDT done (% of suspected cases)

304

(87%)

299

(85%)

490

(86%)

< 0.797

RDT positive (% of RDT done)

248

(82%)

205

(69%)

353

(72%)

< 0.001

LA administered (% of RDT positive)

255

(103%)

211

(103%)

346

(98%)

 
  1. n is the number of workshops from which data were received. P-values of proportions across years were calculated from Chi-square statistic. Boldface P-value was statistically significant differences between the three years. LA lumefantrine-artemether; RDT rapid diagnostic test