Use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests by community health workers in Afghanistan: cluster randomised trial

Use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests by community health workers in Afghanistan: cluster randomised trial

Abstract Background The World Health Organisation (WHO) recommends parasitological diagnosis of malaria before treatment, but use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs) by community health workers (CHWs) has not been fully tested within health services in south and central Asia. mRDTs could allow...

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Main Authors: Toby Leslie, Mark Rowland, Amy Mikhail, Bonnie Cundill, Barbara Willey, Asif Alokozai, Ismail Mayan, Anwar Hasanzai, Sayed Habibullah Baktash, Nader Mohammed, Molly Wood, Habib-u-Rahman Rahimi, Baptiste Laurent, Cyril Buhler, Christopher J. M. Whitty
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-07-01
Series:BMC Medicine
Subjects:
Malaria
Rapid diagnostic test
Afghanistan
Community health worker
Cluster randomised trial
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12916-017-0891-8

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