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Stratification of Khartoum urban area by the risk of malaria transmission

Stratification of Khartoum urban area by the risk of malaria transmission

Authors :
E. S. Ahmed
A. M. N. Sulieman
Elfatih M. Malik
S. M. Elkhalifa
M. A. Hussein
Source :
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 9:559-569
Publication Year :
2003
Publisher :
World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO/EMRO), 2003.

Abstract

A cross-sectional community-based study was carried out in Khartoum urban area aimed at stratifying the area by risk of malaria transmission. Two thousand households [8092 individuals] were surveyed during the cold, dry and rainy seasons of 2002. Households with screened windows, using bednets or both were 5.0% [95% CI: 4.1-6.0], 10.9% [95% CI: 9.5-12.3] and 1.8% [95% CI: 1.2-2.5] respectively. Access to health services was high. Only 3.8% [95% CI: 2.9-4.7] of households kept antimalarial drugs at home. The parasite rate, spleen rate and fever rate were very low [0.21%, 0.17% and 0.97% respectively]. Overall, people in Greater Bahry suffer a greater burden of malaria than those in Greater Khartoum or Greater Omdurman, with a seasonal pattern of transmission.

Details

ISSN :
16871634 and 10203397
Volume :
9
Database :
OpenAIRE
Journal :
Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal
Accession number :
edsair.doi...........d8b4fac4fffaaaf948551fe422fceb11
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.26719/2003.9.4.559