Estimating the economic and social consequences for patients diagnosed with human African trypanosomiasis in Muchinga, Lusaka and Eastern Provinces of Zambia (2004–2014)

Table 1 Health seeking behaviour of HAT patients when they first felt ill

Action by patient	Number of patients	Percent
Went to the clinic	31	48
Self-medication	2	3
Went to traditional healer	5	8
Did nothing	17	26
No action and clinic visit	2	3
Self-medication and clinic visit	5	8
Healer and self-medication	1	2
No reply	1	2
Total	64	100

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