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Reported reasons for not receiving treatment from DDCs |
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| No. of villages/DDCs surveyed |
457 |
| No. of fever cases interviewed |
3233 |
| No. of cases not received treatment from DDCs |
468(14.5%) |
| Reasons |
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| 1. Unaware of DDCs |
61(13.0) |
| 2. No relief with chloroquine treatment |
38 (8.1) |
| 3. Prefer injections |
35 (7.5) |
| 4. Unwilling to get treatment for infants |
42 (8.9) |
| 5. Negligence, waiting to be relieved from fever |
84 (17.9) |
| 6. Prefer to take medicines from PHC/ANM/MPW |
15 (3.2) |
| 7. Absence of volunteers at time of visit |
46 (9.8) |
| 8. Unwilling to take treatment for women who have delivered |
35 (7.5) |
| 9. Belief that tablets reduce fever in day time only |
15 (3.2) |
| 10. Volunteer was from a lower caste |
8 (1.7) |
| 11. No one to help to approach DDCs |
4 (0.8) |
| 12. No trust in DDCs |
65 (13.8) |
| 13. Prefer sugar coated tablets |
8 (1.7) |
| 14. No stock of tablets with the volunteer at the time of visit |
4 (0.8) |
| 15. Unspecified |
7 (1.5) |
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PHC – Primary Health Centre. ANM – Auxiliary Nurse Mid-wife. MPW – Multi Purpose Worker | |
Das et al. Malaria Journal 2008 7:75 doi:10.1186/1475-2875-7-75 |
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