Incidence of malaria
malaria
MALARIA, INFECTIONS
A total of 447 episodes of malaria infections were confirmed over the five-month study period, from 2979 observations. The incidence of malaria in the control group was higher throughout the study period, at 42.5% in month 1, 33.5% in month 2, 40.7% in month 3, 39.2% in month 4 and 39% in month 5. In the intervention group, the incidence always remained below 5% during the 5 month study period. The incidence rate of malaria after 1982 person months of observation was 3.0 cases per 100 person months in the intervention group, compared to 38.8 per 100 person months after 997 person months of observation in the control group (Table Incidence rates of malaria among children aged 3–59 months over 5 months of monthly SMCCrude and adjusted hazard ratios for different factors influencing a positive malaria diagnosis