Nationwide school malaria parasitaemia survey in public primary schools, the United Republic of Tanzania
Published in Malaria Journal, 2018
Chacky, F., Runge, M., Rumisha, S.F., Machafuko, P., Chaki, P., Massaga, J.J., Mohamed, A., Pothin, E., Molteni, F., Snow, R.W., Lengeler, C., Mandike, R., 2018. Nationwide school malaria parasitaemia survey in public primary schools, the United Republic of Tanzania. Malaria Journal 17, 452. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2601-1 https://malariajournal.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12936-018-2601-1
A nationwide, school, malaria survey was implemented to assess the risk factors of malaria prevalence and bed net use among primary school children in mainland Tanzania. This allowed the mapping of malaria prevalence at council level and assessment of malaria risk factors among school children.