From: Burden of leprosy in Malawi: community camp-based cross-sectional study
District | No. of people screened | No. of new leprosy cases identified | No. of leprosy cases who defaulted treatment identified | No. of leprosy cases currently on treatment | Total number of leprosy cases | Estimated leprosy prevalence per 10,000 population (in study population) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Machinga | 2216 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 67.1 |
Mangochi | 1185 | 12 | 0 | 11 | 23 | 194.1 |
Nkhotakota | 1186 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 92.1 |
Salima | 1751 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 97.1 |
All | 6338 | 37 | 6 | 23 | 66 | 104.1 |