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Table 2 Proportion of children that received the correct treatment dose and adherence of their caretakers to the treatment regimen

From: Adherence of community caretakers of children to pre-packaged antimalarial medicines (HOMAPAK®) among internally displaced people in Gulu district, Uganda

Name of Camp

Correct Package of HOMAPAK® Received (%)

Blister Pack Retained (%)

Overall Adherence of Caretakers (%)*

Unyama

27 (100)

19 (70.4)

24 (88.9)

Teyapadhola

19 (90.5)

17 (81.0)

20 (95.3)

Paicho

37 (94.9)

22 (56.4)

36 (92.3)

Awer

18 (100)

8 (44.4)

17 (94.4)

Lacor

8 (80.0)

5 (50.0)

10 (100)

Pabbo

59 (96.7)

16 (26.2)

61(100)

Palenga

19 (90.5)

11 (52.4)

20 (95.2)

Pagak

44 (100)

28 (63.6)

44 (100)

Total

231 (95.9)

126 (52.3)

232 (96.3)

  1. * Combined data from caretakers that had retained the blister pack and those that had not, but reported to have used all the drugs to treat the same child