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Table 1 Age and education level summaries of HSAs (Malawi) and CHWs (Ghana) trained to undertake the LF morbidity reporting exercise

From: Developing a community-led SMS reporting tool for the rapid assessment of lymphatic filariasis morbidity burden: case studies from Malawi and Ghana

 

Malawi

Ghana

 

Males

Female

Total

Males

Female

Total

Age group

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

N

(%)

18-25

0

(0 %)

0

(0 %)

0

(0 %)

1

(4 %)

2

(40 %)

3

(9 %)

26-35

23

(68 %)

18

(69 %)

41

(68 %)

3

(11 %)

0

(0 %)

3

(9 %)

36-45

8

(24 %)

7

(27 %)

15

(25 %)

8

(30 %)

1

(20 %)

9

(28 %)

46-55

2

(6 %)

1

(4 %)

3

(5 %)

5

(19 %)

1

(20 %)

6

(19 %)

>55

0

(0 %)

0

(0 %)

0

(0 %)

10

(37 %)

1

(20 %)

11

(34 %)

Missing

1

(3 %)

0

(0 %)

1

(2 %)

0

(0 %)

0

(0 %)

0

(0 %)

Education

            

Completed Primary

0

(0 %)

2

(8 %)

2

(3 %)

6

(22 %)

2

(40 %)

8

(25 %)

Some secondary

5

(15 %)

2

(8 %)

7

(12 %)

18

(67 %)

0

(0 %)

18

(56 %)

Completed secondary

29

(85 %)

22

(85 %)

51

(85 %)

2

(7 %)

1

(20 %)

3

(9 %)

More than secondary

0

(0 %)

0

(0 %)

0

(0 %)

1

(4 %)

2

(40 %)

3

(9 %)

Total

34

 

26

 

60

 

27

 

5

 

32

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