Table 2. Indicators for evaluating population screening for human African trypanosomiasis (HAT)*.
Indicators | |
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Input | Financial resources Human resources Availability of tests and anti-HAT drugs |
Process | Identification of villages at risk Census of population at risk Involvement of population at risk in active case detection Lymph node palpation CATT test Parasitologic test for HAT confirmation Lumbar puncture to determine the stage of disease Treatment Treatment follow-up |
Output | Coverage rate of population at risk Participation rate Identification of suspects Identification of HAT cases Proportion of HAT cases detected and treated Proportion of HAT cases treated and followed |
Outcome | Annual HAT detection rate and trend |
*CATT, card agglutination test for trypanosomiasis; LN, lymph node palpation.