Authors: Esmée Ruizendaal, Susan Dierickx , Koen Peeters Grietens, Henk DFH Schallig, Franco Pagnoni and Petra F Mens
Malaria still causes high morbidity and mortality around the world, mainly in sub-Saharan Africa. Community case management of malaria (CCMm) by community health workers (CHWs) is one of the strategies to combat the disease by increasing access to malaria treatment. While fever cases were previously treated presumptively with anti-malarials, CCMm programmes are now expected to follow the WHO recommendation to treat only malaria patients with confirmed diagnosis, usually with rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs)
Systematically obtained information on the success or failure of critical steps in RDT-based CCMm is lacking, but is needed in order to show its value in malaria control programmes This systematic review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the success or failure of critical steps in CCMm with RDTs.
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Resource Topic: Community Case Management, Community Health Workers/Volunteers, Human Resources Management/Workforce Development, Malaria, Performance management
Resource Type: Research
Year: 2014
Region: Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA)
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