A comparison of the results recorded for Brazil and the results reported previously for countries in Sub-Saharan Africa1–3
| Country | Mean values | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, years | Health knowledge questionnaire results, % | Overall programme rating, % | |||
| Preintervention | Postintervention | Change | |||
| Ghana | 13.5 | 61.3 | 86.4 | 25.1 | 94.7 |
| Malawi | 13.1 | 74.7 | 85.0 | 10.3 | * |
| Mauritius | 12.9 | 69.3 | 87.1 | 17.8 | 88.5 |
| Namibia | 11.4 | 57.9 | 85.3 | 27.4 | 97.8 |
| South Africa | 13.3 | 55.2 | 69.3 | 14.1 | 92.3 |
| Tanzania | 11.3 | 71.3 | 86.4 | 15.1 | 97.7 |
| Zambia | 11.7 | 57.5 | 74.7 | 17.2 | 93.2 |
| Zimbabwe | 11.5 | 57.8 | 76.2 | 18.4 | 96.8 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 12.3 | 63.1 | 81.3 | 18.2 | 94.4 |
| North Region | 11.0 | 53.8 | 70.7 | 16.9 | 91.9 |
| North-east Region | 11.3 | 62.0 | 75.6 | 13.6 | 88.7 |
| Centre-West Region | 11.6 | 65.3 | 79.3 | 14.0 | 92.7 |
| South-east Region | 10.8 | 64.2 | 80.1 | 15.9 | 82.3 |
| South Region | 9.2 | 57.7 | 86.8 | 29.1 | 96.7 |
| Brazil | 10.6 | 60.2 | 78.6 | 18.4 | 90.7 |
Bold face is used in table 6 for the mean values for sub-Saharan Africa as a whole and for Brazil as a whole to differentiate these values from the values for the individual countries in Africa and the individual regions in Brazil. *Satisfaction questionnaire not distributed in Malawi.