Table 3

Malaria prevalence in primary schools in Dar es Salaam in the JICA-UMCP study between 1988 and 1995 and the RUMA study in 2003, by geographical location

Malaria prevalence

Central

Intermediate

Periphery

Rural area

Primary schools

Kisarawe

Mtendeni

Sinza

Kijitonyama

Mwenge

Kigamboni

Ufukoni

Chamzi

Buza


Sep-88

31.0%

-

-

-

-

41.0%

-

-

-

Aug-89

11.7%

-

-

-

-

7.3%

-

-

-

Aug-90

9.5%

-

-

-

-

13.5%

-

-

-

Sep-91

7.2%

-

-

-

-

14.7%

-

-

-

Jul-92

0.9%

-

-

-

-

10.6%

-

-

-

Sep-94

6.5%

-

3.0%

10.0%

-

14.1%

-

28.0%

-

Aug-95

2.6%

-

-

-

-

9.3%

-

-

-

Jul-Aug 03

-

0.6%

-

2.1%

0.9%

-

3.3%

-

3.8%


Wang et al. Malaria Journal 2006 5:28   doi:10.1186/1475-2875-5-28

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