Changing malaria fever test positivity among paediatric admissions to Tororo district hospital, Uganda 2012-2019.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The World Health Organization (WHO) promotes long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLIN) and indoor residual house-spraying (IRS) for malaria control in endemic countries. However, long-term impact data of vector control interventions is rarely measured empirically.

Methods

Surveillance data was collected from paediatric admissions at Tororo district hospital for the period January 2012 to December 2019, during which LLIN and IRS campaigns were implemented in the district. Malaria test positivity rate (TPR) among febrile admissions aged 1 month to 14 years was aggregated at baseline and three intervention periods (first LLIN campaign; Bendiocarb IRS; and Actellic IRS + second LLIN campaign) and compared using before-and-after analysis. Interrupted time-series analysis (

SUBMITTER: Mpimbaza A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7678291 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature