|
Study arms
|
Health centre
|
Number of households
|
Populationb
|
Baselinec
|
Follow-upc
|
|---|
|
Presence of LLIN among/in
|
HMM
|
Vitamin A
|
Praziquantel
|
Presence of LLIN among/in
|
HMM
|
Vitamin A
|
Praziquantel
|
|---|
|
Adults
|
Children
|
EPWa
|
Households
|
Children
|
Pregnant women
|
Households
|
Children
|
Pregnant women
|
|---|
|
Intervention
|
Nankumba
|
1,019
|
4,310
|
1,144
|
273
|
934 (91.7%)
|
1,003 (87.7%)
|
107 (39.2%)
|
17 (1.5%)
|
989 (86.5%)
|
17 (0.4%)
|
1,004 (98.5%)
|
1,141 (99.7%)
|
100 (36.6%)
|
40 (3.5%)
|
1,007 (88%)
|
173 (4%)
|
|
Katuli
|
1,209
|
4,846
|
406
|
263
|
1,048 (86.7%)
|
358 (88.2%)
|
141 (53.6%)
|
17 (4.2%)
|
349 (86%)
|
7 (0.1%)
|
1,173 (97.7%)
|
293 (92.5%)
|
216 (82.1%)
|
2 (0.5%)
|
324 (79.8%)
|
63 (1.3%)
|
|
Sub-total
|
2,228
|
9,156
|
1,550
|
536
|
1,982 (89%)
|
1,361 (87.8%)
|
248 (46.3%)
|
34 (2.2%)
|
1,338 (86.3%)
|
24 (0.3%)
|
2,177 (97.7%)
|
1,434 (92.5%)
|
316 (59%)
|
42 (2.7%)
|
1,331 (85.9%)
|
236 (2.6%)
|
|
Control
|
Phirilongwe
|
885
|
2,795
|
762
|
178
|
673 (76%)
|
548 (71.9%)
|
79 (44.4%)
|
175 (23%)
|
713 (93.6%)
|
0
|
883 (99.8%)
|
665 (87.3%)
|
103 (57.9%)
|
180 (23.6%)
|
726 (95.3%)
|
11 (0.4%)
|
|
Mase
|
1,398
|
5,215
|
960
|
309
|
1,229 (87.9%)
|
829 (86.4%)
|
289 (93.5%)
|
34 (3.5%)
|
911 (94.9%)
|
103 (2%)
|
1,199 (85.8%)
|
960 (100%)
|
228 (73.8%)
|
13 (1.4%)
|
880 (91.7%)
|
304 (5.8%)
|
|
Sub-total
|
2,283
|
8,010
|
1,722
|
487
|
1,902 (83.3%)
|
1,377 (80%)
|
368 (75.6%)
|
209 (12.1%)
|
1,624 (94.3%)
|
103 (1.3%)
|
2,082 (91.2%)
|
1,625 (94.4%)
|
331 (68%)
|
193 (11.2%)
|
1,606 (93.3%)
|
315 (3.9%)
|
- EPW Expected number of pregnant women, HMM Home management of malaria and fever, LLIN Long lasting insecticide treated nets; Praziquantel: For treatment of schistosomiasis
- aIntervention components coverage data were collected at village level and later lumped up for respective health centres to calculate average figures and percentages
- bFor entire health centres catchment areas
- cFor the four villages involved in the study under each health centre
