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Table 1 Malaria diagnoses displayed in numbers and proportions, stratified by facility type, ownership and diagnostic procedure

From: Knowledge, attitudes and practices towards malaria diagnostics among healthcare providers and healthcare-seekers in Kondoa district, Tanzania: a multi-methodological situation analysis

 

Overall (N = 33)

Dispensary (n = 25)

Health centre (n = 5)

District hospital (n = 1)

Laboratory (n = 1)

Government (n = 24)

Faith-based (n = 6)

Private (n = 2)

Total patients

77,126

33,439

16,587

21,430

5670

59,343

8737

9046

 Total malaria diagnoses

17,235 (22.3)

6661 (19.9)

5135 (31.0)

2218 (10.3)

3221 (56.8)

9217 (15.5)

2842 (32.5)

5176 (57.2)

 Positive cases

9904 (57.5)

3715 (55.8)

4021 (78.3)

64 (2.9)

2104 (65.3)

4781 (51.9)

1122 (39.5)

4001 (77.3)

 RDT diagnoses

5709 (33.1)

2473 (37.1)

1018 (19.8)

2218 (100.0)

0 (0.0)

5044 (54.7)

665 (23.4)

0 (0.0)

 Positive cases

786 (13.8)

500 (20.2)

222 (21.8)

64 (2.9)

–

709 (4.1)

77 (11.6)

–

 Negative cases

4877 (85.4)

1940 (78.4)

783 (76.9)

2154 (97.1)

–

4300 (85.2)

577 (86.8)

–

 Invalid tests

46 (0.8)

33 (1.3)

13 (1.3)

0 (0.0)

–

35 (0.7)

11 (1.7)

–

 Non readable tests

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

–

Blood film/microscopy diagnoses

7795 (45.2)

1609 (24.2)

2965 (57.7)

0 (0.0)

3221 (100)

819 (8.9)

1800 (63.3)

5176 (100)

 Positive cases

5518 (70.8)

754 (46.9)

2660 (89.7)

–

2104 (65.3)

725 (88.5)

792 (44.0)

4001 (77.3)

 Negative cases

2226 (28.6)

821 (51.0)

288 (9.7)

–

1117 (34.7)

82 (10.0)

969 (53.8)

1175 (22.7)

 Invalid tests

49 (0.6)

34 (2.1)

15 (0.5)

–

0 (0.0)

12 (1.5)

37 (2.1)

0 (0.0)

 Non readable tests

2 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.1)

–

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

2 (0.1)

0 (0.0)

 Clinical diagnoses

3731 (21.7)

2579 (38.7)

1152 (22.4)

0 (0.0)

0 (0.0)

3354 (36.4)

377 (13.3)

0 (0.0)