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. 2015 Oct 24;8:558. doi: 10.1186/s13071-015-1138-1

Table 1.

Summary of longitudinal cohorts in three West African and three East African countries selected to receive assistance by the Schistosomiasis Control Initiative for implementation of preventive chemotherapy programmes against schistosomiasis (and soil-transmitted helminthiasis)

Country Species Cohort Size at Baseline (No. schools) BL Year Tx BL FY1 Year, Numbers, (Follow-up rate), Number of schools Tx FY1 FY2 Year, Numbers, (Follow-up rate), Number of schools Tx FY2 FY3 Year, Numbers, (Follow-up rate), Number of schools Tx FY3 Age-range of school cohorts at baseline Proportion of females at BL (%) Relevant Publications
West Africa
Burkina Faso S. haematobium 1,422 (16 schools) 2004 Y 2005, 996 (70.0 %) 16 schools N 2006, 770 (54.1 %) 16 schools Y 2007, 564 (39.7 %) 15 schools N 6-12 46.6 [2, 90, 91, 93]
Mali S. mansoni & S. haematobium 3,599 (33 schools) Mar-Jun 2004 Y May-Jun 2005 and Apr – May 2006 1995 (55.4 %) 24 schools Y Mar-Apr 2006 and May-June 2007 (1511 (42.0 %) 27 schools Y ND Y 7-14 49.9 [2, 26, 90, 91]
Niger S. haematobium 1,656 (8 schools) Oct-Nov 2004 and Mar-May 2005 Y Oct-Dec 2005 and Mar-Apr 2006,1440 (87.0 %) 8 schools Y Nov-Dec 2006 and Jan-May 2007, 1193 (72.0 %) 8 schools Y ND x 7,8,11 45.5 [2, 82, 90, 91, 94]
East and Southern Africa
Tanzania S. mansoni & S. haematobium 3,145 (20 schools) 2005 Y 2006, 2235 (71.1 %) 19 schools Y - N 2008, 1076 (34.2 %) 14 schools N 7-12 56.9 [2, 92]
Uganda S. mansoni 4,351 (37 schools) 2003 Y 2004, 2815 (64.7 %) 37 schools Y 2005, 1871 (43.0 %) 37 schools Y 2006, 1156 (26.6 %) 33 schools Y 6-8, 11 49.1 [1, 2, 92, 95]
Zambia S. mansoni & S. haematobium 2,689 (22 schools) Jul-Aug 05 and May –Jun 06 Y Sep 2006 and May-Jun 2007, 1633 (56.9 %) 21 schools Y - N - x 7-12 53.4 [2, 92]

BL baseline, Tx treatment round, FY1 follow-up year 1, FY2 follow-up year 2, FY3 follow-up year 3, Y treatment received, N treatment not received, ND not done