Which intervention design factors influence performance of community health workers in low-and middle-income countries? A systematic review

MC Kok, M Dieleman, M Taegtmeyer… - Health policy and …, 2015 - academic.oup.com
Community health workers (CHWs) are increasingly recognized as an integral component of
the health workforce needed to achieve public health goals in low-and middle-income …

Community health workers in low-, middle-, and high-income countries: an overview of their history, recent evolution, and current effectiveness

HB Perry, R Zulliger, MM Rogers - Annual review of public …, 2014 - annualreviews.org
Over the past half-century, community health workers (CHWs) have been a growing force for
extending health care and improving the health of populations. Following their introduction …

Use of malaria RDTs in various health contexts across sub-Saharan Africa: a systematic review

MR Boyce, WP O'Meara - BMC public health, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Background The World Health Organization recommends parasitological
confirmation of malaria prior to treatment. Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) represent …

[HTML][HTML] Malaria rapid diagnostic tests in endemic settings

J Maltha, P Gillet, J Jacobs - Clinical Microbiology and Infection, 2013 - Elsevier
Malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) are instrument-free tests that provide results within 20
min and can be used by community health workers. RDTs detect antigens produced by the …

Factors affecting the performance of HRP2-based malaria rapid diagnostic tests

X Martiáñez-Vendrell, M Skjefte, R Sikka… - Tropical Medicine and …, 2022 - mdpi.com
The recent COVID-19 pandemic has profoundly impacted global malaria elimination
programs, resulting in a sharp increase in malaria morbidity and mortality. To reduce this …

The impact of providing rapid diagnostic malaria tests on fever management in the private retail sector in Ghana: a cluster randomized trial

EK Ansah, S Narh-Bana, H Affran-Bonful… - Bmj, 2015 - bmj.com
Objective To examine the impact of providing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria on fever
management in private drug retail shops where most poor rural people with fever present …

[HTML][HTML] Community health workers and stand-alone or integrated case management of malaria: a systematic literature review

LS Paintain, B Willey, S Kedenge… - The American journal …, 2014 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
A systematic literature review was conducted to assess the effectiveness of strategies to
improve community case management (CCM) of malaria. Forty-three studies were included; …

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

E Ruizendaal, S Dierickx, K Peeters Grietens… - Malaria journal, 2014 - Springer
Background Malaria still causes high morbidity and mortality around the world, mainly in sub-
Saharan Africa. Community case management of malaria (CCMm) by community health …

Towards eliminating malaria in high endemic countries: the roles of community health workers and related cadres and their challenges in integrated community case …

BF Sunguya, LB Mlunde, R Ayer, M Jimba - Malaria journal, 2017 - Springer
Background Human resource for health crisis has impaired global efforts against malaria in
highly endemic countries. To address this, the World Health Organization (WHO) …

[HTML][HTML] The role of drug vendors in improving basic health-care services in Nigeria

J Liu, LM Prach, E Treleaven, M Hansen… - Bulletin of the World …, 2016 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Objective To characterize patent and proprietary medicine vendors and shops in Nigeria
and to assess their ability to help improve access to high-quality, primary health-care …