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) |
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