Familiarity, known cause and management history of malaria in infants under six months by prescribers.

Table 2: Familiarity, known cause and management history of malaria in infants under six months by prescribers.

Variable	Subgroup	Number of prescribers	Percentage
Familiarity with infant malaria	Not familiar	2	2
	Less familiar	6	6
	Fairly familiar	32	32
	Very familiar	59	59
	Not stated	1	1
Ever treated infant malaria?	Yes	88	88
Ever treated infant malaria?	No	12	12
Ever treated in last 12 months? (n = 88)	Yes	66	75
Ever treated in last 12 months? (n = 88)	No	22	25
What is the prevalence rate of malaria in under 6 months children? (n = 88)^#	Less than 10%	6	6.8
	10-20%	9	10.2
	21-40%	4	4.5
	> 40%	9	10.2
	Don’t know	60	68.2
Diagnostic method usually applied^*	Symptomatic	53	32.9
	Rapid diagnostic test	42	26.1
	Blood film (microscopy)	66	41.0
Main cause of infant malaria	Congenital	8	9.5
Main cause of infant malaria	Neonatal	76	90.5
Signs and symptoms of infant malaria*	Convulsion	9	3.2
	Diarrhoea	24	8.6
	Fever	83	29.7
	Irritability	22	7.9
	Lethargy	8	2.9
	Poor feeding	51	18.3
	Vomiting	52	18.6
	Others	27	9.7

^#In Ghana, Wagner, et al. [21] reported malaria infection of 13.6% in newborns and 1.5-9.7% in those aged between 2 and 26 week; ^*Prescribers could state more than one method of diagnosis or signs and symptoms of malaria.