[HTML][HTML] Adherence to malaria management guidelines by health care workers in the Busoga sub-region, eastern Uganda

A Mpimbaza, H Babikako, D Rutazanna, C Karamagi… - Malaria Journal, 2022 - Springer
Background Appropriate malaria management is a key malaria control strategy. The
objective of this study was to determine health care worker adherence levels to malaria case …

[HTML][HTML] Narrative review of current context of malaria and management strategies in Uganda (Part I)

R Kassam, JB Collins, E Liow, N Rasool - Acta tropica, 2015 - Elsevier
In accordance with international targets, the Uganda National Malaria Control Strategic Plan
established specific targets to be achieved by 2010. For children under five, this included …

[HTML][HTML] Spatial-temporal patterns of malaria incidence in Uganda using HMIS data from 2015 to 2019

SP Kigozi, RN Kigozi, CM Sebuguzi, J Cano… - BMC public health, 2020 - Springer
Background As global progress to reduce malaria transmission continues, it is increasingly
important to track changes in malaria incidence rather than prevalence. Risk estimates for …

Accuracy of malaria diagnostic tests performed on non-invasively collected samples: a systematic review and meta-analysis

C Danwang, JJ Noubiap, J Souopgui, J Gaudart… - BMJ global …, 2021 - gh.bmj.com
Background During the last decade, many studies have assessed the performance of
malaria tests on non-invasively collected specimens, but no systematic review has hitherto …

[HTML][HTML] Integrated community case management by drug sellers influences appropriate treatment of paediatric febrile illness in South Western Uganda: a quasi …

FE Kitutu, JN Kalyango, C Mayora, KE Selling… - Malaria journal, 2017 - Springer
Background Fever case management is a major challenge for improved child health
globally, despite existence of cheap and effective child survival health technologies. The …

[HTML][HTML] “Testing for malaria does not cure any pain” A qualitative study exploring low use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests at drug shops in rural Uganda

V Shelus, N Mumbere, A Masereka… - PLOS Global Public …, 2022 - journals.plos.org
The World Health Organization recommends all suspected malaria cases be confirmed with
a parasitological test, typically a rapid diagnostic test (RDT), prior to treatment. Despite …

[HTML][HTML] Improved malaria case management in formal private sector through public private partnership in Ethiopia: retrospective descriptive study

MD Argaw, AGY Woldegiorgis, DT Abate, ME Abebe - Malaria journal, 2016 - Springer
Background Malaria is a major public health problem and still reported among the 10 top
causes of morbidity and mortality in Ethiopia. More than one-third of the people sought …

Request for Antimalarial Medicines and Their Dispensing Without a Prescription in Community Pharmacies in Rwanda

A Nsengimana, E Biracyaza, J Isimbi… - Integrated Pharmacy …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Purpose This study aimed to explore the request and dispensing of antimalarial medicines
without a prescription in community pharmacies in Rwanda, as well as factors associated …

[HTML][HTML] Malaria rapid diagnostic tests in community pharmacies in Rwanda: availability, knowledge of community pharmacists, advantages, and disadvantages of …

A Nsengimana, J Isimbi, T Uwizeyimana… - Global Health Research …, 2023 - Springer
Background Presumptive treatment of malaria is often practiced in community pharmacies
across sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). To address this issue, the World Health Organization …

Ethical Considerations for Global Health Decision-Making: Justice-Enhanced Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of New Technologies for Trypanosoma brucei gambiense

MW Merritt, CS Sutherland, F Tediosi - Public Health Ethics, 2018 - academic.oup.com
We sought to assess formally the extent to which different control and elimination strategies
for human African trypanosomiasis Trypanosoma brucei gambiense (Gambiense HAT) …