Nepal

Table 11.5 Treatment of malaria in children
Among sick children whose consultations were observed, the percentages diagnosed as having
malaria, fever, or both, by background characteristics, Nepal Health Facility Survey 2015
Among all observed sick children, percentage
diagnosed as having:
Background
characteristic Malaria 1 Fever
Malaria 1 or
fever
Total number
of observed
sick children
Facility type
Zonal and above
hospitals 0.5 17.7 18.2 164
District-level hospitals 0.0 15.9 15.9 234
Private hospitals 0.0 22.7 22.7 308
PHCCs 0.5 15.5 15.5 146
HPs 0.3 17.3 17.6 1,306
UHCs 0.0 28.8 28.8 26
Managing authority
Public 0.3 17.2 17.4 1,877
Private 0.0 22.7 22.7 308
Ecological region
Mountain 0.9 21.2 22.2 188
Hill 0.0 20.6 20.6 977
Terai 0.4 14.8 15.1 1,019
Earthquake-affected
districts (14) 0.0 25.6 25.6 526
National average 0.3 17.9 18.2 2,185
1
Diagnosis of malaria based on information provided by the health worker. The diagnosis may
be based on a rapid diagnostic test, microscopy, or clinical judgment. It was not verified by the
interviewing team.
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