Skip to main content

Table 5 Women's pattern of visits to sources of antimalarial treatment, Adami Tulu District, Ethiopia, 2003

From: Malaria-related perceptions and practices of women with children under the age of five years in rural Ethiopia

Source of treatment

First visit, n (%)

Second visit, n (%)

Third visit, n (%)

CHWsa

242 (40.3)

10 (7.2)

0 (0.0)

Public health facility

225 (37.4)

81 (58.7)

8 (50.0)

Private clinic

87 (14.5)

36 (26.1)

6 (37.5)

Drug shop/vendor

39 (6.5)

11 (8.0)

2 (12.5)

Traditional medicine

5 (0.8)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

Other sort

3 (0.5)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

 

601 (100)

138 (100)

16 (100)

  1. a Community Health Worker.