Table 3: Antimalarial drugs ordered for treating infants under 6 months by prescribers.
Variable | Subgroup | Number of prescribers | Percentage |
Antimalarial drug used | Artemether-Lumefantrine | 33 | 37.9 |
Artesunate-Amodiaquine | 30 | 41.4 | |
Quinine | 10 | 11.5 | |
IV artesunate | 3 | 3.4 | |
Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine | 1 | 1.1 | |
IV artesunate + AL | 2 | 2.3 | |
Quinine + IV artesunate | 2 | 2.3 | |
Reasons for the choice of an antimalarial drug | Availability | 5 | 6.6 |
Drug of choice | 11 | 14.5 | |
First line drug | 5 | 6.6 | |
Hospital protocol | 3 | 3.9 | |
Minimal side effects | 6 | 7.9 | |
NMCP* recommendation | 3 | 3.9 | |
Safe and efficacious | 28 | 36.8 | |
STG recommendation | 4 | 5.3 | |
WHO recommendation | 7 | 9.2 | |
Others | 4 | 5.3 |