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Table 5 Estimation of intervention components coveragea for the intervention and control arms of the study during baseline and follow-up

From: Strengthening primary health care at district-level in Malawi - determining the coverage, costs and benefits of community-directed interventions

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%)

  1. EPW Expected number of pregnant women, HMM Home management of malaria and fever, LLIN Long lasting insecticide treated nets; Praziquantel: For treatment of schistosomiasis
  2. aIntervention components coverage data were collected at village level and later lumped up for respective health centres to calculate average figures and percentages
  3. bFor entire health centres catchment areas
  4. cFor the four villages involved in the study under each health centre