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Table 1 Number of schools and children examined with mean SCH and STH prevalence by district in 2021

From: Progress from morbidity control to elimination as a public health problem of schistosomiasis and the status of soil-transmitted helminth infection in Togo: a second impact assessment after ten rounds of mass drug administration

Region

District

Number of surveyed PHU

Number of villages/schools sampled for urine

Urine samples collected

Number of schools sampled for stool

Stool samples collected

Total number of samples

Mean prevalence of Schistosoma haematobium* % (N)

Mean prevalence of STH% (N)

Plateaux

Agou

11

26

624

15

360

624

2.56 (16)

8.33 (30)

Akebou

3

14

336

5

120

336

10.7 (36)

61.7 (74)

Amou

13

36

864

6

144

864

11.7 (101)

19.4 (28)

Wawa

9

25

600

2

48

600

4.00 (24)

0

Haho

15

66

1584

32

768

1584

4.56 (72)

25.6 (194)

Centrale

Tchaoudjo

22

56

1344

25

600

1344

3.21 (43)

18.8 (113)

Kara

Bassar

9

31

744

16

384

744

2.55 (19)

10.4 (40)

Savanes

Cinkasse

4

20

480

480

8.56 (41)

 

Kpendjal

1

7

168

168

0

 

Kpendjal Ouest

5

21

504

504

3.37 (17)

 

Total

 

92

302

7248

101

2424

7248

5.09 (369)

19.8 (479)

  1. *Presence of haematuria is the proxy of S.haematobium