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Table 2 1,7-mRCTR campaigns: testing volume and participant characteristics

From: Impact of 1,7-malaria reactive community-based testing and response (1,7-mRCTR) approach on malaria prevalence in Tanzania

 

All years

2019

2020

2021

All districts

Number of tests

244,771

48,870

98,413

97,488

Age, years, n (SD)

19.34 (16.95)

19.34 (17.40)

19.45 (17.17)

19.24 (16.50)

Female, n (%)

132,357 (54.1%)

26,649 (54.5%)

53,525 (54.4%)

52,183 (53.5%)

Pregnant, n (%)

756 (0.6%)

209 (0.8%)

373 (0.7%)

174 (0.3%)

Body temperature, degrees Celsius, n (SD)

36.53 (0.35)

36.63 (0.39)

36.58 (0.34)

36.44 (0.31)

Positive RDT result, n (%)

82,742 (33.8%)

15,067 (30.8%)

35,939 (36.5%)

31,736 (32.6%)

Travelled in the past 14 days, n (%)

721 (0.9%)

316 (2.1%)

340 (0.9%)

65 (0.2%)

Travelled to rural area, n (%)

379 (52.6%)

173 (54.7%)

175 (51.5%)

31 (48.0%)

Had fever in the past 14 days, n (%)

11,398 (13.8%)

1887 (12.5%)

4599 (12.8%)

4912 (15.5%)

Rufiji

Number of tests

93,660

16,532

36,454

40,674

Age, years, n (SD)

19.00 (16.67)

19.46 (17.62)

19.16 (16.89)

18.66 (16.05)

Female, n (%)

51,604 (55.1%)

9264 (56.0%)

19,950 (54.7%)

22,390 (55.0%)

Pregnant, n (%)

386 (0.7%)

122 (1.3%)

175 (0.9%)

89 (0.4%)

Body temperature, degrees Celsius, n (SD)

36.53 (0.32)

36.64 (0.37)

36.59 (0.31)

36.44 (0.29)

Positive RDT result, n (%)

16,082 (17.2%)

2,370 (14.3%)

7,201 (19.8%)

6,511 (16.0%)

Travelled in the past 14 days, n (%)

189 (1.2%)

48 (2.0%)

100 (1.4%)

41 (0.6%)

Travelled to rural area, n (%)

119 (63.0%)

31 (65.0%)

67 (67.0%)

21 (51.0%)

Had fever in the past 14 days, n (%)

1457 (9.1%)

186 (7.8%)

683 (9.5%)

588 (9.0%)

  1. Travel history and fever were only asked among those who tested positive
  2. Testing coverage is calculated by dividing the total number of RDT per village-week by village population from the census, using targeted villages, and keeping only village-weeks with more than 100 RDT tests done
  3. 1,7-mRCTR 1,7-malaria Reactive Community-Based Testing and Response; SD standard deviation; RDT rapid diagnostic test
  4. *District is based on the location of testing stations in targeted villages