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Table 1 Performances of SMC under various deployment modes within 4 days of SMC campaign

From: A microplanning model to improve door-to-door health service delivery: the case of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention in Sub-Saharan African villages

Village

SMC Deployment mode

CHWs needed (Visited households)

Children treated (Treatment time)

Walking distance in km (Travel time)

SMC coverage (Treated/Total)

P-value

Rakolo

Current (Ref.)

2 (87)

121 (3.15 days)

20 (0.83 days)

37.3% (121/324)

 

Microplan A

2 (136)

189 (3.35 days)

15 (0.63 days)

58.3% (189/324)

< 0.001

Microplan B

3.5 (242)

324 (5.74 days)

31 (1.29 days)

100% (324/324)

< 0.001

Mogdin

Microplan A

1.87 (126)

146 (2.58 days)

28 (1.16 days)

100% (146/146)

 

Soaw A

Microplan A

2 (152)

195 (3.45)

13.2 (0.55 days)

45.6% (195/429)

 

Microplan B

4.38 (323)

429 (7.6 days)

36 (1.16 days)

100% (429/429)

 

Soaw B

Microplan A

2 (135)

179 (3.16)

20.16 (0.84 days)

48.5% (179/370)

 

Microplan B

4.12 (278)

370 (6.55 days)

41 (1.70 days)

100% (370/370)

 

Soaw C

Microplan A

1.7 (118)

146 (2.58 days)

20 (0.83 days)

100% (146/146)

 

Average

 

2 (135)

178 (95%CI 108–248)

(3.238 day)

19.03 (95%CI 12.9–25.1)

(0.762 day)

  
  1. Current = Current SMC deployment mode on the ground, Microplan A = Visits itinerary and time invested in treatment are optimized; Microplan B = Visits itinerary, time invested in treatment and number of CHWs are optimized