Research Article

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

Table 1

Distribution of schools by level of endemicity.

District Number of schools surveyed Number of (%) schools
prev. = 0 endemic
Number of (%) schools
prev. <5%
Number of (%) schools
prev. 5–10%
Number of (%) schools
prev. >10%

Birim Central 204 104 (51.0) 50 (24.5) 39 (19.1) 11 (5.4)
Birim South 81 35 (43.2) 41 (50.6) 5 (6.2) 0 (0.0)
West Akyem 262 142 (54.2) 96 (36.6) 18 (6.9) 6 (2.3)
Total 547 281 (51.4) 187 (34.2) 62 (11.3) 17 (3.1)