Success or failure of critical steps in community case management of malaria with rapid diagnostic tests: A systematic review

Malaria Journal

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Ruizendaal, Esmée ^a   Dierickx, Susan ^b   Peeters Grietens, Koen ^b,c   Schallig, Henk Dfh ^a   Pagnoni, Franco ^d   Mens, Petra F ^a  

^a ROYAL TROPICAL INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

^b INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

^c NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Global TB Programme   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Community health workers; Malaria; Plasmodium falciparum; Rapid diagnostic tests; Sub Saharan Africa

Indexed keywords

ANTIMALARIAL AGENT;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CASE MANAGEMENT; COCHRANE LIBRARY; COMMUNITY CARE; COMMUNITY CASE MANAGEMENT; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DIAGNOSTIC TEST ACCURACY STUDY; EMBASE; FEVER; FOLLOW UP; HEALTH AUXILIARY; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; HUMAN; MALARIA; MALARIA RAPID TEST; MEDICAL INFORMATION; MEDLINE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; MOTIVATION; PATIENT REFERRAL; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PROTOCOL COMPLIANCE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REMUNERATION; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SOCIAL ACCEPTANCE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TASK PERFORMANCE; DIAGNOSTIC TEST; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PROCEDURES;

AFRICA SOUTH OF THE SAHARA; CASE MANAGEMENT; COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS; DIAGNOSTIC TESTS, ROUTINE; HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH; HUMANS; MALARIA; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS;

EID: 84904045697     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14752875     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1475-2875-13-229     Document Type: Review

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