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Table 1 Reported antimalarial treatment practices of health care providers in six study sites of three states/regions, Myanmar (n = 32)

From: Access to primaquine in the last mile: challenges at the service delivery points in pre-elimination era, Myanmar

Health care

Treatment

Study region A

Study region B

Study region C

Total

Confirmed uncomplicated falciparum malaria

Public sector (n = 24)

ACT + PQ (correct dose and course)

6/6 (100%)

10/10 (100%)

8/8 (100%)

24/24 (100%)

Artesunate 2 tds × 3 days

0

0

0

0

Private sector (n = 8)

ACT + PQ (correct dose and course)

1/2 (50%)

1/2 (50%)

3/4 (75%)

5/8 (65%)

Confirmed vivax malaria

Public sector (n = 24)

CQ + PQ (correct dose and course)

8/8 (100%)

5/5 (100%)

11/11 (100%)

24/24 (100%)

CQ only

0

0

0

0

Private sector (n = 8)

CQ + PQ (correct dose and course)

0/3

0/4

0/1

0/8

CQ only

0

0

0

0

  1. ACT artemisinin combination treatment, PQ primaquine, CQ chloroquine, tds three times a day