Table 1. Experiment design of the combinations and coverage levels of interventions simulated for the study.
LLIN use (%) | IRS coverage (%) | IRS deployment month | School-based IST coverage (%) | IST frequency (per school term) | Fevers receiving an antimalarial (%) | |
Current strategy * | 56 | 70 | Alternating April/June | 28 | ||
No intervention | 28 | |||||
Increase coverage | 80 | 90 | Alternating April/June | 28 | ||
Add school-based IST | 56 | 70 | April | 80 | 2 | 28 |
80 | 90 | April | 80 | 2 | 28 | |
Change timing of IRS | 56 | 70 | April | 28 | ||
56 | 70 | May | 28 | |||
56 | 70 | June | 28 | |||
Change timing and increase coverage of IRS | 56 | 90 | April | 28 | ||
56 | 90 | May | 28 | |||
56 | 90 | June | 28 | |||
IRS alone, change coverage | 70 | Alternating April/June | 28 | |||
90 | Alternating April/June | 28 | ||||
LLINs alone | 56 | 28 | ||||
80 | 28 | |||||
IST alone | 40 | 1 | 28 | |||
40 | 2 | 28 | ||||
80 | 1 | 28 | ||||
80 | 2 | 28 |
*Represents the base case scenario as parameterized in Stuckey et al. 2012 [4].