Shifting the burden or expanding access to care? Assessing malaria trends following scale-up of community health worker malaria case management and reactive case detection

Shifting the burden or expanding access to care? Assessing malaria trends following scale-up of community health worker malaria case management and reactive case detection

Abstract Background Malaria is a significant burden to health systems and is responsible for a large proportion of outpatient cases at health facilities in endemic regions. The scale-up of community management of malaria and reactive case detection likely affect both malaria cases and outpatient att...

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Main Authors: David A. Larsen, Anna Winters, Sanford Cheelo, Busiku Hamainza, Mulakwa Kamuliwo, John M. Miller, Daniel J. Bridges
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-11-01
Series:Malaria Journal
Subjects:
Surveillance
Elimination
Community case management
Reactive case detection
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12936-017-2088-1

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