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Table 1 Target location summary

From: Large-scale use of mosquito larval source management for malaria control in Africa: a cost analysis

Study location

Defined Target Areas for Costing LSM programs

Targeting Strategy

Country

City/

District

Description

Administrative area covered1

Total Population2

Area in km2

Population density/km2

 

Tanzania

Dar es Salaam

Urban

15 city wards

592, 338

58

10, 289

None

Kenya

Vihiga District

Rural highlands

Vihiga District (total 6 divisions)

609, 324

563

1, 082

Spatial and Temporal

Kenya

Suba District

Rural lakeside

Mbita Division

55, 558

211

263

Spatial

  1. 1 Costing in Dar es Salaam is based on ongoing operational program, others are fictive programs based on previous research projects.
  2. 2 Vihiga and Mbita population projection based on 1999 census. Kenya 1999 population and housing census. Published 2002 by Central Bureau of Statistics, Ministry of Finance and Planning in Nairobi, Kenya. Dar es Salaam population based on sum of population data for selected wards 2002 Population and Housing Census, National Bureau of Statistics, Tanzania