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Malaria case management commodity supply and use by community health workers in Mozambique, 2017

Dalvantes, Eizabeth; Salomao, Cristode; Wate, Flavio; Sarmento, Deonilde; Rodrigues, Humberto; Halser, Eric S; Lewis, Lauren; Candrinho, Baltazar; Zulliger, Rose.

Malar. j. (Online); 18 (47), 2019

Community health workers (CHWs) provide preventive care and integrated community case management (iCCM) to people with low healthcare access worldwide. CHW programmes have helped reduce mortality in myriad countries, but little data on malaria supply chain management has been shared. This project evaluat...

Malária/tratamento farmacológico, Malária/prevenção & controle, Gerenciamento Clínico, Inquéritos e Questionários, Malária/diagnóstico, Antimaláricos/administração & dosagem, Combinação Arteméter e Lumefantrina/administração & dosagem, Agentes Comunitários de Saúde, Serviços de Saúde Comunitária/organização & administração, Moçambique, Imunoensaio/métodos

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Prozone in malaria rapid diagnostics tests: how many cases are missed?

Background: Prozone means false-negative or false-low results in antigen-antibody reactions, due to an excess of either antigen or antibody. The present study prospectively assessed its frequency for malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and Plasmodium falciparum samples in an endemic field setting. Met...