Yaws Prevalence, Lessons from the Field and the Way Forward towards Yaws Eradication in Ghana

Table 3

Treatment survey results aggregated by subdistricts.

District	Subdistrict	Number of children examined	Number of yaws cases	Yaws prevalence
Birim Central Municipality	Akroso^R	30068	2589	8.61
	Asene^R	16031	183	1.14
	Manso^U	36080	214	0.59
	Oda^U	50113	199	0.4
Birim South District	Achiase^U	10466	67	0.64
	Aperade^R	4343	61	1.4
	Akim Swedru^U	8261	99	1.2
West Akyem Municipality	Abamkrom^R	5555	102	1.84
	Adeiso^R	11750	244	2.08
	Asamankese^U	17601	40	0.23
	Brekumanso^R	4005	44	1.1
	Mepom^R	2843	105	3.69
	Osenase^U	11297	59	0.52

Rural; ^UUrban. The rural/urban classification was qualitative. All district capitals and towns as big as or with similar facilities to district capitals were considered urban, otherwise rural. Akim Swedru subdistrict, whose main town, Akim Swedru, is also the district capital, had many rural satellite communities as part of the health subdistrict catchment area and hence the high prevalence of that subdistrict.