Mapping the capacities of fixed health facilities to cover people at risk of gambiense human African trypanosomiasis

Table 4 People at risk of gambiense HAT that are potentially covered by facilities with different types of diagnostic capabilities for HAT

Type of diagnosis	At-risk population potentially covered [%]
	≤ 1 hour travel time			≤ 3 hour travel time			≤ 5 hour travel time
	VH-H	M	L-VL	VH-H	M	L-VL	VH-H	M	L-VL
DxC	48	41	40	77	72	69	87	84	82
DxS	41	38	37	73	70	65	86	83	79
DxP	41	37	37	73	69	64	85	82	78
DxPh	41	35	35	72	68	63	85	81	78

DxC: clinical diagnosis; DxS: serological diagnosis; DxP: parasitological diagnosis; DxPh: disease staging. VH: Very high risk; H: High risk; M: Moderate risk; L: Low risk; VL: Very low risk. People at risk are stratified by risk categories as defined in[7].

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