Authors: James S. Miller, Rapheal Kisolhu Mbusa, Stephen Baguma, Palka Patel, Michael Matte, Moses Ntaro, Shem Bwambale, Jessica Kenney, Daniel Guiles, Edgar Mugema Mulogo, and Geren S. Stone
Village health workers (VHWs) in Bugoye, Uganda, provide integrated community case management (iCCM) care to children under 5 for malaria, pneumonia, and diarrhea. This study assessed the longevity of VHWs’ skills in performing and reading malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) comparing VHWs who had completed initial iCCM training 1 year before the study with VHWs who had completed training 4 years before the study. Results found performance was similar between the two cohorts. This suggests that VHWs can read RDTs with high accuracy, largely adhere to protocol in performing RDTs, and that VHWs’ performance remains high 4 years after initial iCCM training.
Link: Assessing Village Health Workers’ Ability to Perform and Interpret Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Malaria 4 Years after Initial Training: A Cross-Sectional Study
Resource Topic: CHW Role, Communicable Diseases, Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Integrated Management of Childhood Illness/IMCI, Malaria, Maternal, Newborn and Child Health
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2020
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Country: Uganda
Publisher May Restrict Access: No