Study area
malaria
MALARIA, MALARIA
The project was conducted in Handeni District Council, Handeni Town Council (Handeni DC and TC) and Kilindi District Council (Kilindi DC) of Tanga Region, northeastern Tanzania. The three councils border each other and have been classified as high malaria endemic strata by the NMCP [Map of Tanzania (Malaria cases and rainfall trends per councilAs of 2018, Handeni DC, Kilindi DC and Handeni TC had 117, 111, and 33 public primary schools that enrolled 69,454, 61,258, and 19,549 schoolchildren, respectively. The three councils had 52 wards (20 in Handeni DC, 20 in Kilindi DC, and 12 in Handeni TC). There were only five private primary schools across the three councils, which enrolled a total of 627 schoolchildren. The study enrolled public primary schoolchildren from selected wards in the three councils with health teachers who had been involved in several mass drug campaigns implemented at schools by the NTD programme.