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Table 5 Effects of the 1,7-mRCTR approach by treatment intensity

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

 

(1)

(2)

All districts

Rufiji

Panel A: one additional treatment round

Intervention # Endline # Treatment round

− 0.001

− 0.004

 

[− 0.004, 0.002]

[− 0.009, 0.000]

Intervention # Endline

− 0.040**

− 0.018

 

[− 0.067, − 0.013]

[− 0.061, 0.025]

Change in comparison group

− 0.122***

− 0.014

 

[− 0.139, − 0.104]

[− 0.045, 0.017]

Observations

24,102

4926

Adjusted R2

0.1534

0.0377

Mean of comparison group at baseline

0.267

0.081

Panel B: High treatment intensity

  

Intervention # Endline # Highly treated

0.024

− 0.002

 

[− 0.004, 0.051]

[− 0.036, 0.033]

Intervention # Endline

− 0.056***

− 0.045*

 

[− 0.082, − 0.031]

[− 0.085, − 0.005]

Change in comparison group

− 0.122***

− 0.014

 

[− 0.139, − 0.104]

[− 0.045, 0.017]

Observations

24,102

4926

Adjusted R2

0.1538

0.0365

Mean of comparison group at baseline

0.260

0.072

  1. 95% confidence intervals in brackets
  2. A village is defined as highly treated if it was treated more than four times (the median of intervention villages)
  3. Included village fixed effects and controlled for household characteristics (mosquito nets, flush toilet, improved source of drinking water, house ownership, health insurance) and individual member characteristics (age and sex)
  4. Standard errors clustered at the household level
  5. Data at household member level
  6. 1,7-mRCTR 1,7-malaria Reactive Community-Based Testing and Response
  7. *P < 0.05, **P < 0.01, ***P < 0.001