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Table 1 Distribution of confirmed malaria cases, API, and microscopists/region (year 2011)

From: Bottom-up approach to strengthen community-based malaria control strategy from community health workers’ perceptions of their past, present, and future: a qualitative study in Palawan, Philippines

Region

Confirmed malaria cases

API

Microscopists

(P. falciparum)

Registered

Participants

Total

4984 (76.3%)

5.71

290

50 (17.2%)

 Northern region

200 (57.0%)

0.60*

115

28 (24.3%)

 Puerto Princesa City

795 (71.2%)

3.84

30

0 (0%)

 Southern region

3989 (78.3%)

12.1*

145

22 (15.2%)

  1. API annual parasite index
  2. *Chi-square test between the northern region and southern region (p < 0.0001)