Table 3 Performance of all three case surveillance strategies PCD, RACD and PACD in terms of the number of malaria infections detected, 2017–2019
Year | No. of blood smears by each case surveillance strategy | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
PCD* | RACD* | PACD* | ||
2017 | ||||
Positive | 56 | 1 | 0 | |
Examined | 289,495 | 3,085 | 373,745 | |
2018 | ||||
Positive | 48 | 0 | 0 | |
Examined | 298,072 | 10,509 | 375,045 | |
2019 | ||||
Positive | 47 | 3 | 3 | |
Examined | 352,313 | 22,248 | 350,588 | |
All years | ||||
Positive | 151 | 4 | 3 | |
Examined | 939,880 | 35,842 | 1,099,378 | |
Yield per 100,000 smears | 16.1 | 11.2 | 0.3 | |