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. 2024 Nov 29;27:e00394. doi: 10.1016/j.parepi.2024.e00394

Table 1.

The implementation units from which the various the data indicators were calculated.

Indicators Variables calculated Formula/narration
Past prevalence Prevalence calculated by the site data of the Past quality.
District level calculation: It is the average prevalence of all site prevalence of the most recent year and the Past diagnostic methods
Subdistrict level: It is the highest
Site prevalence: the site prevalence if not already calculated is calculated as below: -Number of people positives/Number of people examined *100
District Prevalence (DP): - (Total positives) / (Total examined) * 100
prevalence of all site prevalence of the most recent year and the Past diagnostic methods Prevalence of the subdistrict (SDP): Highest site prevalence among all sites (in the highest quality group) in the communities-based on parasitological technique/results
Year of Past prevalence Year of the Past prevalence of the district or communities
Diagnostic methods of the Past prevalence Diagnostic methods of the Past prevalence of the district or communities For calculation of prevalence, the following diagnostic tests results were used: - Kato Katz technique, Urine filtration technique, Urine sedimentation technique, blood in urine (BIU), dipstick and point-of-care circulating cathodic antigen test
Number of sites of the Past prevalence Number of sites used for the calculation of the Past prevalence of the district or communities Based on the parasitological or clinical laboratory methods
Endemicity by the Past prevalence Endemicity category determined by the Past prevalence of the communities or district (The endemicity category is determined as recommended in the WHO guidelines Non-endemic,
Low prevalence (<10 %),
Moderate prevalence (10 %–49 %)
High prevalence (50 % and above)
School Aged Children (SAC) needing preventive chemotherapy (PC) Total number of school age children living in an endemic area classified low, moderate, or high risk Low prevalence (<10 %),
Moderate prevalence (10 %–49 %)
High prevalence (50 % and above)
Adult needing PC Number of adults needing treatment in an endemic area classified moderate, or high risk Low risk: no adult treatment is recommended
Moderate risk: 20 % of the total adult population in the sub district or district
High risk: All he adult population in the sub district or district
Drug estimates The number of drugs needed is calculated by multiplying the population to be treated by a factor that depends on the age. This factor is 2.5 for school age children and 3 for adults The dose by treatment is 2.5 tablets per SAC and 3 tablets per adult.
Treatment adequacy Comparison of preventive Chemotherapy (PC) regimen at district level compared to sub district level No change in strategy: the treatment strategy does not change from district implementation to community's implementation
Adequate: No change in preventive chemotherapy (PC) regimen
Under treatment: PC regimen at district level is lower than PC regimen suggested by communities' analysis.
Over treatment: PC regimen at district level is higher than PC regimen suggested by communities' analysis