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Does training of Health Extension Workers reduce scabies load in district health facilities in rural Ethiopia?

Author(s) -

Tigist Gezmu,

Wendemagegn Enbiale,

Mekuria Asnakew,

Alemayehu Bekele,

Gelila Beresaw,

Mekdes Nigussie,

Kudakwashe C Takarinda,

Marcel Manzi,

Rony Zachariah

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

the journal of infection in developing countries

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.322

H-Index - 49

eISSN - 2036-6590

pISSN - 1972-2680

DOI - 10.3855/jidc.11730

Subject(s) - scabies , medicine , population , environmental health , intervention (counseling) , rural district , demography , socioeconomics , nursing , dermatology , sociology

In 2017, Ethiopia included scabies management within the responsibility of health extension workers. In Kamba (the intervention district) workers were trained on scabies management. Whereas, in Arba Minch Zuria (the control district) there was no such training. This study assesses whether decentralization of scabies management to communities would reduce the load on health facilities and allow earlier scabies treatment access.

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