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Table 2 Descriptive statistics of categorical variables

From: A cross-country comparison of malaria policy as a premise for contextualized appropriation of foreign aid in global health

Variable

N

Proportion of countries

Small country dummy

215

0.35

Landlocked country dummy

149

0.23

Island dummy

96

0.64

English language dummy

215

0.42

ITNs/LLINs are distributed free of charge

93

0.89

ITNs/LLINs are distributed to all age groups

93

0.75

ITNs/LLINs are distributed through mass campaigns to all age groups

93

0.75

IRS is recommended by malaria control programme

93

0.90

DDT is used for IRS

93

0.10

IPTp is used to prevent malaria during pregnancy

93

0.40

Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC or IPTc) is used

93

0.11

Patients of all ages should get diagnostic test

93

0.99

Malaria diagnosis is free of charge in the public sector

93

0.86

RDTs are used at community level

93

0.56

G6PD test is recommended before treatment with primaquine

93

0.19

ACT for treatment of Plasmodium falciparum

93

0.99

Pre-referral treatment with quinine or artemether IM or artesunate suppositories

93

0.59

Single dose of primaquine is used as gametocidal medicine for P. falciparum

93

0.47

Primaquine is used for radical treatment of Plasmodium vivax cases

93

0.57

Directly observed treatment with primaquine is undertaken

93

0.29

  1. ACT Artemisinin-based combination therapy, DDT dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane, G6PD glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, IM intramuscular, IPTc intermittent preventive treatment in children, IPTp intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy, IRS indoor residual spraying, ITN insecticide-treated mosquito net, LLIN long-lasting insecticidal net, RDT rapid diagnostic test, SMC seasonal malaria chemoprevention