Table 1.
Characteristics of SeA and NeA
| Southeast area (SeA) | Northeast area (NeA) | |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 19,901 km2 | 23,153 km2 |
| Borders | North: India (Tripura) East: India (Mizoram), Myanmar (Chin) South: Myanmar (Rakhine) West: Bay of Bengal |
North: India (Meghalaya) East: India (Assam) South: India (Tripura), central Bangladesh West: Central/West Bangladesh |
| Number of districts | 5 | 8 |
| Number of upazilas (number of malaria-endemic upazilas) | 47 (44) | 71 (27) |
| Number of unions with at least one reported case of malaria between 2013 and 2016 (% of total unions in the area) | 259 (50.3%) | 153 (19.9%) |
| Population at risk of malaria within these unions (% of total population in the area) | 5,531,321 (48.6%) | 4,274,924 (20.9%) |
| Median union population at risk of malaria (IQR) | 18,009 (17,341) | 27,178 (11,630) |
| Malaria ecotypes | Forested hills and forest fringes, two major urban centres (Chittagong city and Cox’s Bazaar) | Forest fringes and plains, two major urban centres (Sylhet and Mymensingh) |
The BRAC micro-stratified dataset was used to calculate the number of unions in which there was malaria between 2013 and 2016. It is important to note that this is likely an underestimate of the total unions in SeA and NeA with malaria, as the BLNC is not the only organization that collects malaria data (e.g. the government health workers also collect surveillance data). The population at risk was calculated by summing the population of each union that reported a case of malaria (in the BRAC micro-stratified dataset) from 2013 to 2016