As per the WHO ICCM guidelines, children treated for an illness and those with unclassified fever and without danger signs (for whom treatment should be withheld), should be counseled to have a follow-up visit after three days to assess treatment compliance and illness resolution. This is either done through a return visit to the health post or through a home visit by the CHW through a systematic follow-up visit. However, febrile illness is common in childhood, and is often due to viruses or other self-resolving illnesses. In a large proportion of cases fever resolves rapidly, generally within 48 hours, and almost always within 96 hours. It is suggested from a number of studies that it is safe to withhold medical treatment for children with unclassified fever. In Ethiopia, HEWs follow the integrated management of neonatal and childhood illness (IMNCI) manual which stipulates that caregivers of children seen by HEWs should only return when the child fails to respond to treatment, by way of conditional follow-up to the health post, instead of the WHO recommended iCCM guideline. There is limited evidence on which of the two recommendations is safer for the child and it is unclear whether caregivers and HEWs would comply better with the systematic follow-up advice compared to the conditional follow-up advice, and whether the systematic follow-up visit is even necessary.