Table 2. MDA awareness, reach, compliance and coverage.
Definition | Participant age group used for assessment a | Survey results b (‘yes’/total) | Percentage (Unadjusted) | Percentage (Age-adjusted) | |
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Awareness | Proportion of total population who knew about MDA | ≥5 years | 3643/3933 | 92.6 | 90.8 |
Program reach (of eligible population) | Proportion of eligible population who were offered MDA | ≥5 years | 3586/3922 | 91.4 | 89.0 |
Program reach (of total population) | Proportion of total population who were offered MDA | ≥5 years | 3586/3933 | 91.2 | 88.6 |
Compliance | Proportion of population offered MDA pills who took all pills | ≥5 years | 3563/3586 | 99.4 | 99.0 |
Program coverage (coverage of eligible population) | Proportion of eligible population who swallowed all MDA pills | ≥2 years | 3727/4202 | 88.7 | 83.9 |
Epidemiological coverage (coverage of total population) | Proportion of total population who swallowed all MDA pills | All ages | 3727/4411 | 84.5 | 80.2 |
a. Questions on awareness of MDA and whether offered MDA only asked for participants aged ≥5 years; participants aged 2–4 years only asked coverage questions (Fig 3)
b. Number of participants indicating ‘yes’ in questionnaire/ Number of participants with data available for measure. Data missing for 8 participants.