Piloting a programme tool to evaluate malaria case investigation and reactive case detection activities: results from 3 settings in the Asia Pacific

Table 4 Key indicator results from pilot study areas

Indicators	Aceh		Jiangsu		Ranong		Total
Indicators	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%	No.	%
Malaria cases reported to the database from health facilities	112/120	93.3	42/42	100	510/510^e	100.0	664/672	98.8
Malaria cases reported to the database within a specific amount of time^a	106/120	88.3	42/42	100	259/510^e	50.8	407/672	60.5
Malaria cases reported to the database that were investigated	87/111	78.4	42/42	100	465/752	61.8	594/905	65.6
Malaria cases reported to the database that were investigated within a specified amount of time^b	79/87	90.8	42/42	100	394/465	84.7	515/594	86.7
RACD events that occurred (out of total RACD events that should occur^d)	57/58	98.3	19/19	100	271/419	64.7	347/496	70.0
RACD events that occurred within a specified amount of time^c	47/58	81.0	19/19	100	229/271	84.5	295/348	84.7
Total population screened during RACD events	931	–	n/a	–	18,505	–	19,436	–
Positive malaria cases identified through RACD	3	–	0	–	26	–	29	–

n/a data not available, RACD reactive case detection
^aNumber of days varies by study area: China (1); Thailand (3); Indonesia (30). Aceh Province health facilities report malaria cases to district on a monthly basis (except for Sabang health facilities which reports malaria cases within 1 day)
^bNumber of days varies by study area: China (3); Thailand (3); Indonesia (30)
^cNumber of days: China (7); Thailand (7); Indonesia (7)
^dNumber of RACD events required is based on local stratification criteria determining receptive areas
^eSample of total cases in province

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