ABSTRACT
The general objective was to determine factors leading to poor management of malaria in the community. Finding were that the incidence of malaria per month among individuals above 12 years of age was between 56-72 percent. 40 percent of malaria sufferers bought drugs from shops; however of those only 40 percent bought chloroquine and 60 percent bought some form of analgesic. Of shopkeepers; one-third did not have chloroquine available at the time of the interview and one-third did not know chloroquine was the correct drug for malaria and less than one-quarter were able to give the correct dosages. Customers do not get proper advice from shopkeepers. More than half the patients (55 percent) at health facilities received too few tablets for a complete course and were not advised to come back to complete the course. Knowledge of community health workers was satisfactory; however none of them had chloroquine at the time of interview
