Authors: Joseph Kirui, Josephine Malinga, Edna Sang, George Ambani, Lucy Abel, Erick Nalianya, Matthew Boyce, Jeremiah Laktabai, Diana Menya, Wendy Prudhomme O’Meara
Despite decades of control efforts, malaria remains a major public health problem. The deployment of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) through trained community health workers could improve access to diagnosis for populations with limited access to health facilities. The study evaluated an intervention that targeted individuals who seek care in the retail sector by offering free community-based malaria diagnostic testing through CHWs. The authors found that it is feasible for CHWs to offer malaria testing using RDTs in the community. With the use of CHWs, large-scale malaria testing intervention can reach the underserved population who cannot afford to visit the health facilities for care and those who seek care in the retail sector.
Link: Bottlenecks to Intervention Scale Up: Supply and Demand Side Perspectives From a Large, Community-based Trial of Malaria Testing
Resource Topic: Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Malaria
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2021
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
Country: Kenya
Publisher May Restrict Access: No