Sixty four percent of participants had treated themselves
before seeking treatment by taking an antipyretic available
at home, tepid sponge or purchasing drugs from shop,
20.0% had previously sought treatment at a malaria clinic,
11.0% at a public hospital, 3.3% at a sub-district health
promotion hospital (where malaria diagnosis facilities
are not available) and 1.1% at a malaria post. Those
who attended the malaria post were initially found tobe parasitiologically negative for malaria, despite showing
symptoms of this disease. The majority of patients (79.4%)
sought treatment at a malaria clinic or public hospital
after a period of 24 hours from the onset of symptoms.
The median time for this was three days (range: 1-26
days).