From: Improving the accuracy of malaria-related laboratory tests in Ghana
Region | Â | 2 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Mean | Range |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population (millions) | Â | 2.10 | 1.55 | 2.65 | 2.10 | 1.25 | 0.70 | 1.80 | 1.85 | Â | Â |
Laboratories | Total | 16 | 15 | 40 | 7 | 26 | 9 | 57 | 32 | Â | Â |
 | per 100,000 pop. | 0.76 | 0.97 | 1.51 | 0.33 | 2.08 | 1.29 | 3.17 | 1.73 | 1.48 | 0.33–3.17 |
Trained staff | Total | 13 | 9 | 21 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 19 | 24 | Â | Â |
 | per 100,000 pop. | 0.62 | 0.58 | 0.79 | 0.52 | 0.88 | 1.00 | 1.06 | 1.30 | 0.85 | 0.52–1.30 |
Microscopes | Total | 30 | 20 | 51 | NI | 16 | 6 | 76 | 20 | Â | Â |
 | per 100,000 pop. | 1.40 | 1.29 | 1.92 | NI | 1.28 | 0.86 | 4.22 | 1.08 | 1.72 | 0.86–4.22 |
Colorimeters | Total | 17 | 8 | 46 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 14 | 14 | Â | Â |
 | per 100,000 pop. | 0.81 | 0.52 | 1.74 | 0.29 | 0.48 | 0.71 | 0.78 | 0.76 | 1.22 | 0.52–1.74 |
Centrifuges | Total | 20 | 15 | 46 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 54 | 21 | Â | Â |
 | per 100,000 pop. | 0.95 | 7.42 | 1.74 | 0.57 | 0.48 | 0.86 | 3.00 | 1.14 | 2.02 | 0.48–7.42 |
Haematocrit centrifuge | Total | 9 | 4 | 39 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 10 | Â | Â |
 | per 100,000 pop. | 0.43 | 0.23 | 1.47 | 0.33 | 0.64 | 0.29 | 0.28 | 0.54 | 0.53 | 0.23–1.47 |
Spectrophotometer | Total | 5 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | Â | Â |
 | per 100,000 pop. | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.49 | 0.95 | 0.40 | 0.29 | 0.17 | 0.11 | 0.39 | 0.11–0.95 |
Blood mixer | Total | 5 | 3 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 0 | Â | Â |
 | per 100,000 pop. | 0.24 | 0.19 | 0.75 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 | 0.56 | 0 | 0.24 | 0–0.75 |