Table 2

Diagnostic and treatment accuracy by country

(1)(2)(3)(4)(5)(6)(7)(8)
DiarrhoeaPneumoniaMalariaPostpartum haemorrhageNeonatal asphyxiaTuberculosisDiabetesAll
Kenya0.690.65NA0.710.790.700.490.67
(0.67 to 70)(0.63 to 0.66)(0.69 to 0.72)(0.78 to 81)(0.69 to 0.71)(0.47 to 0.50)(0.66 to 0.68)
(4505)(4491)(4481)(4476)(4488)(4489)(26 930)
Madagascar0.170.280.860.220.500.190.110.33
(0.11 to 22)(0.22 to 0.34)(0.82 to 0.89)(0.16 to 29)(0.43 to 0.57)(0.13 to 0.25)(0.07 to 0.15)(0.30 to 0.36)
(642)(642)(642)(642)(642)(642)(642)(4494)
Mozambique0.680.450.830.300.570.510.230.51
(0.64 to 0.72)(0.41 to 0.49)(0.79 to 0.86)(0.26 to 0.34)(0.53 to 0.62)(0.47 to 0.55)(0.20 to 0.27)(0.49 to 0.53)
(725)(725)(725)(724)(724)(725)(725)(5073)
Niger0.840.420.780.190.480.210.070.42
(0.79 to 0.89)(0.35 to 0.48)(0.73 to 0.83)(0.14 to 0.24)(0.42 to 0.54)(0.16 to 0.26)(0.05 to 0.10)(0.40 to 0.45)
(519)(519)(519)(601)(601)(519)(519)(3797)
Nigeria0.230.290.590.210.320.160.190.28
(0.22 to 0.25)(0.27 to 30)(0.57 to 0.61)(0.20 to 0.23)(0.30 to 0.33)(0.15 to 0.18)(0.18 to 0.21)(0.28 to 0.29)
(4693)(4572)(4669)(4387)(4383)(4669)(4609)(31 982)
Senegal0.550.430.04NANA0.21NA0.31
(0.39 to 0.70)(0.28 to 0.58)(0.00 to 0.08)(0.12 to 0.30)(0.24 to 0.38)
(152)(152)(152)(152)(608)
Sierra Leone0.890.450.920.670.850.330.210.62
(0.87 to 0.92)(0.42 to 0.49)(0.89 to 0.94)(63 to 0.70)(0.82 to 0.88)(0.29 to 0.36)(0.18 to 0.24)(0.60 to 0.63)
(826)(824)(824)(824)(824)(824)(824)(5770)
Tanzania0.850.570.90.360.790.410.410.61
(0.80 to 0.90)(0.50 to 0.63)(0.86 to 0.93)(0.30 to 0.42)(0.74 to 0.84)(0.35 to 0.47)(0.34 to 0.47)(0.59 to 0.64)
(542)(542)(542)(542)(542)(542)(542)(3794)
Togo0.170.570.740.090.100.110.520.33
(0.08 to 0.25)(0.45 to 0.69)(0.64 to 0.85)(0.02 to 0.15)(0.04 to 0.17)(0.07 to 0.16)(0.39 to 0.64)(0.28 to 0.38)
(302)(302)(302)(298)(298)(302)(302)(2106)
Uganda0.290.250.610.270.500.270.390.37
(0.24 to 0.33)(0.21 to 0.29)(0.56 to 0.65)(0.23 to 0.31)(0.45 to 0.55)(0.23 to 0.31)(0.35 to 0.44)(0.35 to 0.39)
(709)(709)(708)(709)(707)(709)(709)(4960)
All0.540.430.700.340.550.310.290.45
(0.51 to 0.56)(0.41 to 0.46)(0.66 to 0.73)(0.32 to 0.35)(0.52 to 0.58)(0.29 to 0.33)(0.27 to 0.31)(0.43 to 0.46)
(13 518)(13 381)(8988)(13 120)(13 110)(13 477)(13 267)(88 862)
  • Mean diagnostic accuracy, that is, the percentage of health workers who correctly diagnose the condition, by country and condition, with all individual country means calculated using country-specific sampling weights, and the (unweighted) mean across conditions for each country in column 8. 95% CIs in parentheses and number of observations in parentheses below that. For Nigeria and Togo, the answer reflects whether providers were able to provide a correct diagnosis/treatment for diarrhea and dehydration presented jointly.

  • NA, not applicable.