How far is the journey before malaria is knocked out in Zimbabwe: results of the malaria indicator survey 2016

Malaria Journal

Table 4 Coverage of malaria testing and prevalence of malaria among children under five

Background characteristic	Children aged 6–59 months				Percent positive by species				Percentage of children aged 6–59 months with positive RDT or blood slide	Number of children aged 6–59 months tested
Background characteristic	Percentage tested for malaria	Number eligible for testing	Percentage positive for malaria RDT	Percentage positive for malaria blood slide	P. falciparum	P. vivax	P. ovale	P. malariae		Number of children aged 6–59 months tested
Total	99.1	2963	0.5	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	2935
Sex
Male	99.1	1483	0.6	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	1469
Female	99.1	1479	0.4	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	1466
Transmission level
Moderate	98.7	1024	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1010
High	99.3	1939	0.8	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.8	1925
Age
6–11	99.8	352	0.6	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	351
12–23	99.5	730	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	727
24–35	99.0	635	0.0	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	629
36–47	99.1	740	0.9	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.9	734
48–59	97.9	505	0.6	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	494
Wealth quintile
Lowest	98.5	573	0.4	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.6	565
Second	99.2	604	1.2	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.2	599
Middle	99.0	554	0.5	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.5	548
Fourth	98.9	521	0.4	0.1	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.4	515
Highest	99.6	711	0.2	0.2	0.2	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.2	708

For children 6–59 months eligible for malaria testing, percentage who have been tested, with prevalence of malaria, by background characteristics, Zimbabwe MIS 2016

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