Table 2 Facility and patient characteristics in each arm

Facility

  High transmission

5 of 9

4 of 8

  Number of clinical staff at baseline (median, range)

6 (3–11)

7 (4–9)

  Number of laboratory staff at baseline (median, range)

1.5 (1–3)

1 (1–2)

  Average slides read per month (SD)

240.0 (126.9–353.1)

372.4 (135.0–609.7)

  Percent positive slides

17.5 % (0.7–27.8)

19.1 % (1.3–28.0)

  Percent of diagnoses by RDT

12.3 % (1.3–45.5)

11.1 % (0.0–47.4)

  Sensitivity (SD)

93.70 (89.04–98.35)

99.47 (98.95–99.98)

  Specificity (SD)

89.35 (83.40–95.31)

88.63 (80.56–96.70)

Patient

  Number of patient observations

8,045

6,894

  Age (SD)

16.6 (15.9–17.4)

14.5 (14.1–14.9)

  Children aged 1–5 years

3,650 (45.9 %)

3,250 (48.1 %)

  Female

4,656 (57.9 %)

4,067 (59.0 %)