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Table 2 Drugs used by caregiver’s for the management of fever, OKT and DCO health districts, Benin 2011

From: Low use of artemisinin-based combination therapy for febrile children under five and barriers to correct fever management in Benin: a decade after WHO recommendation

  

OKT (South)

DCO (North)

Variables

 

n (%)

n (%)

Anti-malarial alone

 

92 (12.0)

131 (22.0)

 

ACT

58 (7.6)

106 (17.8)

 

Chloroquine

21 (2.7)

18 (3.0)

 

Quinine

11 (1.4)

6 (1.0)

 

Amodiaquine

1 (0.1)

1 (0.2)

 

Sulfadoxine-pyriméthamine

1 (0.1)

 

Paracetamol alone

 

62 (8.1)

91 (15.3)

Aspirine alone

 

7 (0.9)

9 (1.5)

Herbal tea alone

 

287 (37.5)

148 (24.9)

Anti-malarial + paracetamol

 

99 (13.0)

146 (24.5)

 

ACT

49 (6.4)

84 (14.1)

 

Chloroquine

43 (5.6)

50 (8.4)

 

Quinine

7 (1.0)

12 (2.0)

Anti-malarial+Herbal tea

 

84 (11.0)

 
 

ACT

47 (6.1)

 
 

Chloroquine

30 (3.9)

 
 

Quinine

7 (0.9)

 

Paracetamol + Herbal tea

 

68 (8.9)

51 (8.6)

Anti-malarial+ Herbal tea + paracetamol

 

35 (4.6)

 

Others (antibiotoics, iron, anti-helminths)

 

34 (4.4)

18 (3.0)