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Table 5 Baseline, midterm and endline schistosomiasis 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

 

S. mansoni

S. haematobium

County

Y1 baseline

Y3 midterm

Y5 endline

RR (%)

Y1 baseline

Y3 midterm

Y5 endline

RR (%)

Overall

2.1

1.5

1.7

19.3

14.8

6.8

2.4

84.0*

Bomet

0

0.2

0.3

+

Bungoma

0

0.1

0.1

+

Busia

12.6

12.1

8.0

36.4*

Homa Bay

5.8

1.7

3.7

37.4*

Kakamega

0.1

0.3

1.0

+

Kericho

0

0.2

0

0

Kilifi

0

0

0.1

+

10.0

12.6

1.5

85.0*

Kisii

0.2

0

0.3

+

Kisumu

3.1

1.0

5.4

+

Kwale

0.1

0.1

0

100

17.5

8.4

5.3

69.7*

Migori

0

0.3

0.4

+

Mombasa

0

0.1

0.3

+

0

0

0

0

Narok

1.2

1.0

1.3

+

Nyamira

0.4

0

0.1

74.4

Taita Taveta

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

0

Vihiga

0

0.1

0.4

+

  1. *Statistically significant (P < 0.05) relative reduction in prevalence
  2. + indicates an increase rather than relative reduction in prevalence
  3. – indicates areas where survey for S. haematobium was not undertaken