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Table 4 Baseline, midterm and endline STH prevalence (%) and relative reduction (RR) by county among Kenyan school-aged children, 2012–2017

From: Results of a national school-based deworming programme on soil-transmitted helminths infections and schistosomiasis in Kenya: 2012–2017

 

STH combined

Hookworm

A. lumbricoides

T. trichiura

County

Y1 baseline

Y3 midterm

Y5 endline

RR (%)

Y1 baseline

Y3 midterm

Y5 endline

RR (%)

Y1 baseline

Y3 midterm

Y5 endline

RR (%)

Y1 baseline

Y3 midterm

Y5 endline

RR (%)

Overall

32.3

16.4

13.5

58.2*

15.4

2.3

1.3

91.6*

18.1

11.9

9.6

46.8*

6.7

4.5

4.1

38.4*

Bomet

29.7

23.3

18.1

39.1*

0.2

0.1

0.1

49.9

27.9

20.9

15.2

45.5*

3.9

5.7

4.5

+

Bungoma

49.5

10.9

7.3

85.2*

44.0

1.8

0.9

98.0*

30.7

9.7

6.6

78.6*

0.8

0

0.2

73.5*

Busia

36.1

25.7

16.9

53.3*

20.9

3.1

2.7

87.1*

14.4

15.1

7.2

49.9*

12.5

14.1

10.1

18.9

Homa Bay

30.3

16.4

11.5

62.0*

14.7

5.2

2.7

81.9*

17.3

11.4

7.8

55.2*

5.8

2.9

2.9

50.4*

Kakamega

31.4

15.9

9.8

68.8*

23.1

0.8

0.5

97.7*

23.1

15.0

9.3

59.6*

0.7

0.7

0.3

61.1

Kericho

29.2

16.7

21.0

27.9*

5.7

0.1

0.2

97.2*

24.5

14.6

18.1

26.1*

4.7

4.0

4.8

+

Kilifi

33.5

2.9

2.9

91.3*

28.1

1.4

0.8

97.2*

2.0

0.4

0.5

75.0

6.5

1.4

1.9

70.8*

Kisii

46.8

26.2

23.7

49.4*

11.1

1.4

0.9

92.1*

39.7

25.4

22.8

42.4*

1.3

1.1

1.0

26.9

Kisumu

17.4

4.7

4.0

76.8*

8.4

0.5

0.7

92.2*

7.8

2.4

1.8

77.0*

4.1

2.0

2.0

51.6

Kwale

33.6

11.1

4.8

85.7*

27.7

9.6

3.3

88.1*

0.8

0.4

0.2

75.0

8.9

2.4

1.7

80.9*

Migori

22.3

2.1

2.2

90.2*

20.1

0.7

0.4

98.2*

3.4

1.4

1.7

49.4

0.7

0.1

0.2

65.1

Mombasa

18.1

2.5

1.8

90.1*

5.5

0.8

0.4

92.7*

1.2

0

0.4

66.7*

15.6

1.8

1.0

93.6*

Narok

53.0

39.7

43.1

18.7*

5.0

0.8

1.2

75.0*

29.3

20.3

19.7

32.7*

30.2

26.6

28.6

5.1

Nyamira

31.6

19.1

17.6

44.4*

1.9

0.4

0.1

95.1*

27.6

18.8

17.4

37.0*

3.1

0.5

0.4

87.6*

Taita Taveta

2.5

0.4

0.9

60.0*

0.9

0.1

0.4

55.6*

0.4

0

0.3

25.0

1.4

0.3

0.3

78.6*

Vihiga

50.2

35.9

32.8

34.7*

16.0

1.8

2.2

86.1*

44.4

33.9

30.0

32.5*

9.9

7.2

6.7

32.2

  1. *Statistically significant (P < 0.05) relative reduction in prevalence
  2. + indicates an increase rather than relative reduction in prevalence