Table 3.
Blood test carried out by volunteers and the midwives during six-month period
| |
Intervention villages (19) |
Midwife villages (18) |
||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tested | Positive (%) | Tested | Positive (%) | |
| Total in six months |
795 |
|
1382 |
|
| Month (from 21 May to 20 November 2009) |
|
|
|
|
| First |
279 |
(47.0) |
326 |
(57.4) |
| Second |
201 |
(39.8) |
309 |
(47.6) |
| Third |
148 |
(35.1) |
234 |
(40.6) |
| Fourth |
64 |
(62.5) |
164 |
(47.6) |
| Fifth |
62 |
(43.5) |
169 |
(50.9) |
| Sixth | 41 | (36.6) | 180 | (52.8) |