Malaria Rapid Testing by Community Health Workers Is Effective and Safe for Targeting Malaria Treatment: Randomised Cross-Over Trial in Tanzania

BACKGROUND: Early diagnosis and prompt, effective treatment of uncomplicated malaria is critical to prevent severe disease, death and malaria transmission. We assessed the impact of rapid malaria diagnostic tests (RDTs) by community health workers (CHWs) on provision of artemisinin-based combination...

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Main Authors: Mubi, Marycelina, Janson, Annika, Warsame, Marian, Mårtensson, Andreas, Källander, Karin, Petzold, Max G., Ngasala, Billy, Maganga, Gloria, Gustafsson, Lars L., Massele, Amos, Tomson, Göran, Premji, Zul, Björkman, Anders
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science 2011
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3130036/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21750697
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0019753
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