The impact of an intervention to introduce malaria rapid diagnostic tests on fever case management in a high transmission setting in Uganda: A mixed-methods cluster-randomized trial (PRIME).

The impact of an intervention to introduce malaria rapid diagnostic tests on fever case management in a high transmission setting in Uganda: A mixed-methods cluster-randomized trial (PRIME).

BACKGROUND:Rapid diagnostic tests for malaria (mRDTs) have been scaled-up widely across Africa. The PRIME study evaluated an intervention aiming to improve fever case management using mRDTs at public health centers in Uganda. METHODS:A cluster-randomized trial was conducted from 2010-13 in Tororo, a...

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Main Authors: Clare I R Chandler, Emily L Webb, Catherine Maiteki-Sebuguzi, Susan Nayiga, Christine Nabirye, Deborah D DiLiberto, Emmanuel Ssemmondo, Grant Dorsey, Moses R Kamya, Sarah G Staedke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5347994?pdf=render

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