Spatial-temporal patterns of malaria incidence in Uganda using HMIS data from 2015 to 2019
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RESEARCH ARTICLE
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Spatial-temporal patterns of malaria incidence in Uganda using HMIS data from 2015 to 2019 Simon P. Kigozi1,2* , Ruth N. Kigozi3, Catherine M. Sebuguzi2,4, Jorge Cano1, Damian Rutazaana4, Jimmy Opigo4, Teun Bousema5, Adoke Yeka6, Anne Gasasira7, Benn Sartorius1 and Rachel L. Pullan1
Abstract Background: As global progress to reduce malaria transmission continues, it is increasingly important to track changes in malaria incidence rather than prevalence. Risk estimates for Africa have largely underutilized available health management information systems (HMIS) data to monitor trends. This study uses national HMIS data, together with environmental and geographical data, to assess spatial-temporal patterns of malaria incidence at facility catchment level in Uganda, over a recent 5-year period. Methods: Data reported by 3446 health facilities in Uganda, between July 2015 and September 2019, was analysed. To assess the geographic accessibility of the health facilities network, AccessMod was employed to determine a three-hour cost-distance catchment around each facility. Using confirmed malaria cases and total catchment population by facility, an ecological Bayesian conditional autoregressive spatial-temporal Poisson model was fitted to generate monthly posterior incidence rate estimates, adjusted for caregiver education, rainfall, land surface temperature, night-time light (an indicator of urbanicity), and vegetation index. Results: An estimated 38.8 million (95% Credible Interval [CI]: 37.9–40.9) confirmed cases of malaria occurred over the period, with a national mean monthly incidence rate of 20.4 (95% CI: 19.9–21.5) cases per 1000, ranging from 8.9 (95% CI: 8.7–9.4) to 36.6 (95% CI: 35.7–38.5) across the study period. Strong seasonality was observed, with June–July experiencing highest peaks and February–March the lowest peaks. There was also considerable geographic heterogeneity in incidence, with health facility catchment relative risk during peak transmission months ranging from 0 to 50.5 (95% CI: 49.0–50.8) times higher than national average. Both districts and health facility catchments showed significant positive spatial autocorrelation; health facility catchments had global Moran’s I = 0.3 (p < 0.001) and districts Moran’s I = 0.4 (p < 0.001). Notably, significant clusters of high-risk health facility catchments were concentrated in Acholi, West Nile, Karamoja, and East Central – Busoga regions. (Continued on next page)
* Correspondence: [email protected] 1 Department of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London WC1E 7HT, UK 2 Infectious Diseases Research Collaboration, PO Box 7475, Kampala, Uganda Full list of author information is available at the end of the article © The Author(s). 2020 Open Access This article is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License, which permits use, sharing, adaptation, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, as long as you give appropriate credit to the original
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