Table 5 Prevalence of S. haematobium in western Niger using Haemastix reagent dipsticks (2010–2011)
District | No. of schools sampled | No. of people sampled | No. of schools eligible | No. of people sampled in eligible schools | Method: Dipstick (Eligibility survey among 13–14 year-olds) | Method: Urine filtration (Baseline data collection among 9–12 year-olds) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Prevalence (%) | 95% CI | Prevalence (%) | 95% CI | |||||
CUN5 | 3 | 150 | 1 | 50 | 58.00 | na | 4.00 | na |
DS1 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 50 | 54.00 | na | 32.00 | na |
DS3 | 1 | 50 | 1 | 50 | 30.00 | na | 8.00 | na |
Filingue | 93 | 4528 | 44 | 2141 | 20.10 | 16.71–23.50 | 5.72 | 2.93–8.52 |
Kollo | 87 | 4235 | 52 | 2558 | 42.43 | 36.35–48.51 | 26.68 | 19.72–33.64 |
Loga | 54 | 2641 | 26 | 1281 | 13.75 | 12.03–15.47 | 1.70 | 0.78–2.62 |
Say | 76 | 3568 | 31 | 1501 | 37.19 | 31.79–42.60 | 13.07 | 7.90–18.24 |
Tera | 45 | 2242 | 41 | 2042 | 39.92 | 33.87–45.96 | 18.79 | 12.51–25.07 |
Tillaberi | 32 | 1632 | 28 | 1399 | 38.12 | 27.22–49.03 | 24.29 | 13.10–35.49 |
Total | 392 | 19,096 | 225 | 11,072 | Â | Â | Â | Â |