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. 2018 Mar 27;12(3):e0006238. doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0006238

Table 6. Category of confirmed BU cases by stakeholder referral *.

Community of Practice Stakeholder Community Health workers Traditional Healers Former patient Self/family initiated Health staff Category total
2011–2012 Category I 7 (28%) 3 (12%) 1 (4%) 10 (40%) 4 (16%) 25 (100%)
Category II 12 (28% 7 (16%) 3 (7%) 15 (35% 6 (14%) 43 (100%)
Category III 18 (32%) 3 (5%) 7 (12%) 20 (35%) 9 (16%) 57 (100%)
2013–2015 Category I 6 (19%) 7 23%) 1 (3%) 16 (52%) 1 (3%) 31 (100%)
Category II 9 (16%) 7 (13%) 2(4%) 35 (64%) 2 (4%) 55 (100%)
Category III 8 (16%) 8 (16%) 3 (6%) 30 (39%) 3 (6%) 51 (100%)
Total Category I 13 (23%) 10 (18%) 2 (4%) 26 (46%) 3 (5%) 54 (100%)
Category II 21 (21%) 14 (14%) 5 (5%) 50 (52%) 8 (8%) 98 (100%)
Category III 26 (24%) 11 (10%) 10 (9%) 50 (46%) 12 (11%) 109 (100%)

* Cases confirmed by Ziehl-Neelsen and/or PCR