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Table 2 Caregivers knowledge on anti-malarials and malaria management

From: Targeted community based interventions improved malaria management competencies in rural Ghana

 

Asante-Akim North

Frequency (%)

Asante-Akim South

Frequency (%)

p-value

What medicine will you recommend to a family member to give his/her child if the child had malaria?

N = 680

N = 613

 

 -Monotherapy

117(17.3)

186(30.4)

<0.001

 -ACTs

470(69.1)

314(51.2)

 -Other

93(13.6)

113(18.4)

When buying an anti-malaria drug, do you look for any logo on the package of the medicine?

N = 706

N = 659

 

 Yes

484(68.6)

318(48.3)

p < 0.001

 No

222(31.4)

341(51.7)

What logo do you look for?

N = 484

N = 318

 

 AMFm green leaf logo

330(68.2)

131(41.2)

p < 0.001

 Mosquito

98(20.2)

165(51.9)

 Mosquito in a target

22(4.5)

10(3.1)

 Others

34(15.1)

12(3.8)