Effectiveness of peer supervision on appropriate treatment of uncomplicated Malaria
Again, from regression table 4 and visual inspection of Fig. 4, prior to introduction of peer supervision, 50.6% of the children were appropriately treated for uncomplicated malaria in the comparison district. Then, a 0.44% monthly increase (P = 0.585, CI = [-1.23, 2.11]) occurred until October 2016.
A month after introduction of peer supervision (November 2016), the proportion of appropriately treated children for uncomplicated malaria was 1.46% higher in the intervention (P = 0.79, CI = [-10.43, 13.36]) compared to the comparison district. However, this difference was not statistically significant. This was followed by a small increase in appropriate uncomplicated malaria treatment of 0.19% per month (P = 0.88, CI = [-2.39, 2.77]). The intervention decreased the proportion of children appropriately treated for uncomplicated malaria by 1.98% during the intervention period (p =0.38, CI = [-6.60, 2.63]) compared to the comparison district. In addition, post intervention trend results revealed that introduction of the intervention increased the proportion of appropriately treated children with uncomplicated malaria at a rate of 1.14% (p =0.34, CI = [-1.30, 3.58])