Characteristics

N = 331

Percentage (%)

Sensitization

Yes

268

81.0

No

63

19.0

Information source

Hospital

276

83.4

Television/Radio

76

22.9

School

54

16.3

Social Networks

7

2.1

Community

37

11.2

Symptoms

Headache

50

15.1

Fever

253

76.4

Arthromyalgia

207

62.5

Chill

157

47.4

Others

81

24.5

Transmission

Mosquito bite

208

62.8

Otherinsects bite (fly, etc)

123

37.2

Preventive means

Use of Long-Lasted Insecticidal Nets (LLIN)

243

73.4

Environment sanitation

137

41.4

Insecticide use

58

17.5

Sulfadoxine Pyrimethamine/Fansidar

73

22.1

Knowledge of preventive treatment of malaria in pregnant women

Yes

227

68.6

No

104

31.4

Knowledge of benefits of IPT

Yes

125

37.8

No

206

62.2

Global knowledge

331

Sufficient

153

46.2

Insufficient

178

53.8