Impact of Improving Community-Based Access to Malaria Diagnosis and Treatment on Household Costs | Zendy

Joëlle Castellani | Zendy; Jesca NsungwaSabiiti | Zendy; Borislava Mihaylova | Zendy; IkeOluwapo O. Ajayi | Zendy; Mohamadou Siribié | Zendy; Chinenye Afonne | Zendy; Andrew Balyeku | Zendy; Luc Sermé | Zendy; Armande Sanou | Zendy; Benjamin Sombié | Zendy; Alfred B. Tiono | Zendy; Sodiomon B. Sirima | Zendy; Vanessa Kabarungi | Zendy; Catherine O. Falade | Zendy; Josephine Kyaligonza | Zendy; Silvia M. A. A. Evers | Zendy; Aggie Paulus | Zendy; Max Petzold | Zendy; Jan Singlovic | Zendy; Melba Gomes | Zendy

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Impact of Improving Community-Based Access to Malaria Diagnosis and Treatment on Household Costs

Author(s) -

Joëlle Castellani,

Jesca NsungwaSabiiti,

Borislava Mihaylova,

IkeOluwapo O. Ajayi,

Mohamadou Siribié,

Chinenye Afonne,

Andrew Balyeku,

Luc Sermé,

Armande Sanou,

Benjamin Sombié,

Alfred B. Tiono,

Sodiomon B. Sirima,

Vanessa Kabarungi,

Catherine O. Falade,

Josephine Kyaligonza,

Silvia M. A. A. Evers,

Aggie Paulus,

Max Petzold,

Jan Singlovic,

Melba Gomes

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

clinical infectious diseases

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 3.44

H-Index - 336

eISSN - 1537-6591

pISSN - 1058-4838

DOI - 10.1093/cid/ciw623

Subject(s) - medicine , malaria , intervention (counseling) , artesunate , population , environmental health , plasmodium falciparum , psychiatry , immunology

Community health workers (CHWs) were trained in Burkina Faso, Nigeria, and Uganda to diagnose febrile children using malaria rapid diagnostic tests, and treat positive malaria cases with artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) and those who could not take oral medicines with rectal artesunate. We quantified the impact of this intervention on private household costs for childhood febrile illness.

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