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Table 1 Rate of issue of RDTs and ACT from district level to health centres from start of 2007 to late 2009 in Livingstone District, Zambia, and recorded malaria rate for the corresponding period

From: Finding parasites and finding challenges: improved diagnostic access and trends in reported malaria and anti-malarial drug use in Livingstone district, Zambia

Time period

RDTs issued

ACTs issued (Courses)

Recorded malariaa

‘Unconfirmed’ malaria

1st QTR-2007

0

12550

12186

 

2nd QTR-2007

575

8340

7806

 

3rd QTR-2007

850

2358

10731

 

4th QTR-2007

2300

2447

3295

 

1st QTR-2008

2400

1694

3196

 

2nd QTR-2008

3350

1470

1081

 

3rd QTR-2008

3850

270

68

 

4th QTR-2008

5700

1128

26

177

1st QTR-2009

4275

450

8

276

2nd QTR-2009

4675

270

13

345

3rd QTR-2009

2875

1440

2

378

  1. a: From the 4th quarter of 2008, this included only laboratory confirmed malaria (i.e. RDT or microscopy).