Table 5 Adherence (percentage) of health workers to IMCI protocols during physical examination
IMCI item | Child’s age | Health system level | Health staff category | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Fever | Overall | ≤ 24 months | > 24 months | Hospital | Health Centre | Dispensary | Physician | NPC | Nurse-midwife | Auxiliary staffa |
Namibia | 96.7 | 96.7 | 96.7 | 96.6 | 97.5 | 96.6 | 85.2 | 100 | 97.1 | – |
Kenya | 86.5 | 86.8 | 85.8 | 87.7 | 84.0 | 86.1 | 95.5 | 87.2 | 86.3 | 60.7 |
Tanzania | 73.3 | 73.5 | 72.8 | 70.0 | 68.1 | 75.6 | 64.3 | 75.2 | 70.2 | 80.0 |
Uganda | 89.8 | 90.8 | 87.8 | 91.9 | 87.2 | 86.1 | 97.6 | 91.2 | 86.4 | 83.3 |
Pneumonia | Overall | ≤ 24 months | > 24 months | Hospital | Health Centre | Dispensary | Physician | NPC | Nurse-midwife | Auxiliary staff |
Namibia | 42.5 | 44.1 | 40.1 | 29.9 | 40.8 | 43.8 | 46.3 | 25.0 | 42.5 | – |
Kenya | 24.0 | 25.0 | 22.2 | 23.9 | 27.3 | 21.9 | 43.8 | 26.4 | 20.2 | 1.8 |
Tanzania | 24.6 | 25.8 | 22.1 | 29.9 | 27.7 | 21.4 | 22.3 | 28.5 | 14.4 | 20.0 |
Uganda | 19.5 | 20.4 | 17.6 | 20.7 | 20.0 | 19.5 | 19.5 | 21.9 | 15.4 | 0.0 |
Diarrhoea | Overall | ≤ 24 months | > 24 months | Hospital | Health Centre | Dispensary | Physician | NPC | Nurse-midwife | Auxiliary staff |
Namibia | 29.4 | 36.0 | 19.1 | 32.2 | 28.9 | 29.3 | 40.7 | 37.5 | 28.9 | – |
Kenya | 19.4 | 21.7 | 15.2 | 20.4 | 21.0 | 16.7 | 32.6 | 20.6 | 17.5 | 3.6 |
Tanzania | 20.3 | 23.4 | 14.0 | 24.3 | 20.9 | 18.2 | 10.3 | 23.7 | 13.6 | 0.0 |
Uganda | 39.1 | 42.7 | 31.3 | 47.1 | 32.4 | 19.5 | 45.0 | 46.4 | 25.7 | 16.7 |