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We set out to determine the treatment-seeking practices and treatment patterns for children &lt;\u00a05 years of age with an acute febrile illness, with or without danger signs of severe disease, in a highly malaria-endemic area of northern Uganda. Three household surveys were conducted from November through December each year in 2018, 2019, and 2020. Overall, 30% of the children in the study were reported to have had a WHO-classified danger sign including convulsions, unconsciousness\/unusually sleepy, inability to feed or drink, and vomiting everything. Only half of the children in this study sought care from a health provider. However, significantly more children with danger signs of severe disease sought and received treatment and diagnostics from a health provider, compared with those without danger signs (adjusted odds ratio: 1.6, 95% confidence interval: 1.2\u20132.0; <jats:italic>P<\/jats:italic> &lt; 0.01). In the total population studied, care seeking in the public sector was 26% and similar to care seeking in the private sector (24%). Community health workers were used as the first source of care by 12% of the children. Approximately 38% of the children who were reported to have danger signs of severe disease requiring prompt referral and treatment did not seek care from a health provider. 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