Table 1.
Background data of participating study sites of target countries
| Country | Study site | Setting* | Approximate total site population (year) | Approximate age-stratified site population | Approximate sex-stratified site population | ||||
| <2 y | ≥2 y to <5 y | ≥5 y to <15 y | ≥15 y | Male | Female | ||||
| Burkina Faso |
Nioko II† | Urban | 19 251 (2017) | 2394 | 1977 | 4657 | 10 223 | 9321 | 9930 |
| Polesgo† | Rural | 7897 (2017) | 934 | 893 | 1808 | 4262 | 3856 | 4041 | |
| Ouagadougou† | Urban | 2 532 311 (2015) | 421 429 | 693 723 | 1 417 159 | 1 271 302 | 1 261 009 | ||
| The Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kisantu‡ | Urban | 291 252 (2017) | 48 043 | 243 209 | 91 598*** | 99 231*** | ||
| Ethiopia | Wolayita Zone§ | Urban/Rural | 1 968 735 (2017) | 100 800 | 206 520 | 635 015 | 1 026 300 | 964 577 | 1 004 058 |
| Wolayita Sodo§ | Urban/Rural | 120 288 (2017) | 6161 | 12 617 | 38 807 | 62 703 | 59 898 | 60 390 | |
| East Shewa and Arsi Zone§ |
Urban/Rural | 3 249 722 (2017) | 104 408 | 422 939 | 1 016 917 | 1 705 458 | 1 671 699 | 1 578 023 | |
| Adama Wenji§ | Urban/Rural | 53 540 (2017) | 3330 | 7204 | 17 028 | 25 978 | 27 199 | 26 341 | |
| Ghana | Asante Akim North and Central¶ |
Urban/Rural | 140 694 (2010) | 11 606 | 8363 | 35 618 | 85 107 | 67 673 | 73 021 |
| Kumasi (Metropolis)¶** | Urban | 1 730 249 (2010) | 52 516 | 178 575 | 421 834 | 1 077 324 | 826 479 | 903 770 | |
| Madagascar | Antananarivo†† (Renivohitra) |
Urban | 1 247 025 (2009) | NA¶¶ | NA¶¶ | NA¶¶ | NA¶¶ | NA¶¶ | NA¶¶ |
| Imerintsiatosika‡‡ | Rural | 44 669 (2016) | 3582 | 4449 | 7610 | 29 028 | NA$ | NA$ | |
| Nigeria | Ibadan§§ | Urban | 1 343 147 (2006) | 176 110 | 305 656 | 861 381 | 661 818 | 681 329 | |
Table 1 shows population data that were available at the time of the HPAfrica protocol writing; population data and boundaries of geographically and/or administratively defined study sites may be subject to changes during the course of the study.
*The classification of sites by country is based on best local knowledge.
‡The Democratic Republic of the Congo (Kisantu Central Health Zone Office report, 2016).
§Ethiopia (Health Management Information System of the Ethiopian Ministry of Health) (zonal and district health offices).
¶Ghana (Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census, Asante Akim Central Municipality).
**Ghana Statistical Service, 2010 Population and Housing Census, Summary report of final results.
††Madagascar (Population par Fokotany selon la declaration des Chefs Fokotany. Source: Donnee de la cartographie censitaire mises-a-jour en juillet 2009—INSTAT/DDSS; University of Antananarivo).
§§Nigeria (Federal Republic of Nigeria 2006 Population and Housing Census (Table DS5), National Population Commission, Abuja, Nigeria).
¶¶Population data not available at the time of protocol writing.
*** The sex-stratification is based on a total population of 190 829 applies to both, the male and female approximate sex-stratified site population for Kisantu, DRC.
NA, not available; y, years.