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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
- Source :
- Eastern Mediterranean Health Journal. 9:559-569
- Publication Year :
- 2003
- Publisher :
- World Health Organization Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean (WHO/EMRO), 2003.
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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