In Senegal, an HMM pilot study in 2008 demonstrated the feasibility of integrated use of RDTs and ACT in remote villages by volunteer Home Care Providers (HCP). This paper reports the results of the scale-up in the targeted communities and the impact of the strategy on malaria in the formal health sector. Results show home-based management of malaria including … [Read more...] about Scale-Up of Home-Based Management of Malaria Based on Rapid Diagnostic Tests and Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy in a Resource-Poor Country: Results in Senegal
Malaria
Integrating Child Health Services into Malaria Control Services of Village Malaria Workers in Remote Cambodia: Service Utilization and Knowledge of Malaria Management of Caregivers
This study aimed to identify determinants of caregivers’ use of village malaria workers services for childhood illness and caregivers’ knowledge of malaria management. This paper looks at a program in Cambodia, where village malaria workers (VMW) have been providing malaria control services in remote villages. The study aimed to identify determinants of caregivers’ VMW … [Read more...] about Integrating Child Health Services into Malaria Control Services of Village Malaria Workers in Remote Cambodia: Service Utilization and Knowledge of Malaria Management of Caregivers
Improving Community Health Workers’ Knowledge and Behavior about Proper Content in Malaria Education
This article reports on an intervention to enhance the knowledge and behavior of community health workers on providing adequate education to patients on malaria. The results showed simple and inexpensive interventions can improve proper content in malaria education and highlight the importance of appropriate content when planning CHWs education programmes. … [Read more...] about Improving Community Health Workers’ Knowledge and Behavior about Proper Content in Malaria Education
Modelling the returns on options for improving malaria case management in Ethiopia
Diverse opinions have emerged about the best way to scale up malaria interventions. Three controversies seem most important: (1) should the scale-up focus on a broader target of febrile illness (including infectious disease and pneumonia)? (2) should the scale-up feature a single intervention or be targeted to the situation? (3) should scale-up have a preference for one kind of … [Read more...] about Modelling the returns on options for improving malaria case management in Ethiopia
Health Worker Factors Associated with Prescribing of Artemisinin Combination Therapy for Uncomplicated Malaria in Rural Tanzania
Improving malaria case management is partially dependent on health worker compliance with clinical guidelines. This study assessed health worker factors associated with correct anti-malarial prescribing practices at two sites in rural Tanzania. … [Read more...] about Health Worker Factors Associated with Prescribing of Artemisinin Combination Therapy for Uncomplicated Malaria in Rural Tanzania