Description | Acceptable & Minor Error Treatments |
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Illegible | Acceptable treatment (AL or Qn Or CQ + 14 d PQ) | Minor Error (AL + Arth or Antib Or CQ + Arth or Antib |
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Actual practices | Actual practices |
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Both PPM + NPPM | PPM | NPPM | Both PPM + NPPM | PPM | NPPM | Both PPM + NPPM | PPM | NPPM |
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Microscopy (n = 252) |
 P. falciparum | 117 | 63 | 54 | 62 | 28 | 34 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
 Mixed (Pf &Pv) | 38 | 23 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 34 | 19 | 15 |
 Presumeda | 30 | 12 | 18 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 P. vivax | 67 | 34 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 |
  Sub total | 252 | 132 | 120 | 80 | 38 | 42 | 42 | 23 | 19 |
  Percentage |  |  |  | 31.7 | 28.8 | 31.8 | 16.7 | 17.4 | 15.8 |
RDTs (n = 78) |
 P. falciparum | 26 | 16 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
 Mixed (Pf &Pv or Pf) | 11 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
 Presumeda | 26 | 14 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
 P. vivax | 15 | 11 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  Sub total | 78 | 48 | 30 | 34 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
  Percentage |  |  |  | 43.6 | 41.6 | 46.6 | 5.1 | 2.1 | 10.0 |
  Grand total | 330 | 180 | 150 | 114 | 58 | 56 | 46 | 24 | 22 |
  Percentage |  |  |  | 34.5 | 32.8b | 37.3b | 13.9 | 13.3% c | 14.7%c |
- The table depicts the frequency of records of antimalarial drug prescription in 11 medium clinics in the West Gojjam Zone, Amhara. It also describes the magnitude of acceptable prescription or treatment practices by partnership status. In addition, it describes the frequency of minor errors treatment practices by partnership status
- AL Artemether –Lumefantrine, PQ Premaquine, CQ Chloroquine, Qn Quinine, sld Single low dose, Arthem Arthemter injection, Antibio Antibiotics, a: negative microscopy or RDT result but treated as presumed malaria cases; Acceptable Treatments: AL or Quinine for Pf malaria cases 75 patients; AL or Quinine for Mixed (Pf or Pf & Pv) malaria cases 14 patients; AL or CQ plus PQ for 14 days for 3 patients; Presumed malaria cases treated with Qn or AL for 14 patients. Minor Error treatment: AL plus Arthem Injection for 3 Pf malaria cases; CQ plus Arthem Injection for 6 Pv malaria case; AL plus Arthem plus Tetracycline or Metronidazole or Doxycycline 35 mixed (Pf & Pv) malaria cases; AL plus Arthem Injection for 2 Presumed malaria cases
- bThe X2 statistic is 0.35. The p-value is 0.55. This result is not significant at p < .05
- cThe X2 statistic is 0.12. The p-value is 0.72. This result is not significant at p < .05