The fight against malaria: diminishing gains and growing challenges

JM Cohen, F Okumu, B Moonen - Science Translational Medicine, 2022 - science.org
Since the year 2000, historic reductions in malaria incidence and mortality have been driven
by the widespread distribution of bed nets, drugs, and insecticides for the prevention and …

[HTML][HTML] Improving malaria case management with artemisinin-based combination therapies and malaria rapid diagnostic tests in private medicine retail outlets in sub …

C Goodman, S Tougher, TJ Shang, T Visser - PloS one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Private medicine retailers (PMRs) such as pharmacies and drug stores account for a
substantial share of treatment-seeking for fever and malaria, but there are widespread …

[HTML][HTML] The PICOTS-ComTeC Framework for Defining Digital Health Interventions: An ISPOR Special Interest Group Report

Z Zrubka, A Champion, AP Holtorf, R Di Bidino… - Value in Health, 2024 - Elsevier
Objectives Digital health definitions are abundant, but often lack clarity and precision. We
aimed to develop a minimum information framework to define patient-facing digital health …

Constrained randomization and statistical inference for multi‐arm parallel cluster randomized controlled trials

Y Zhou, EL Turner, RA Simmons, F Li - Statistics in medicine, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
A practical limitation of cluster randomized controlled trials (cRCTs) is that the number of
available clusters may be small, resulting in an increased risk of baseline imbalance under …

[HTML][HTML] A cluster-randomized trial of client and provider-directed financial interventions to align incentives with appropriate case management in retail medicine …

J Laktabai, E Kimachas, J Kipkoech… - PLOS Global Public …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
ACTs are responsible for a substantial proportion of the global reduction in malaria mortality
over the last ten years, made possible by publicly-funded subsidies making these drugs …

[HTML][HTML] Adherence to national malaria treatment guidelines in private drug outlets: a cross-sectional survey in the malaria-endemic Kisumu County, Kenya

FO Odhiambo, WP O'Meara, A Abade, M Owiny… - Malaria Journal, 2023 - Springer
Abstract Background Malaria prevalence in Kenya is 6%, with a three-fold higher prevalence
in western Kenya. Adherence to malaria treatment guidelines improves care for suspected …

[HTML][HTML] A cluster-randomized trial of client and provider directed financial interventions to align incentives with appropriate case management in private medicine …

T Visser, J Laktabai, E Kimachas… - PLOS Global Public …, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Malaria remains a major health priority in Nigeria. Among children with fever who seek care,
less than a quarter gets tested for malaria, leading to inappropriate use of the recommended …

Correction to: Incentivizing appropriate malaria case management in the private sector: a study protocol for two linked cluster randomized controlled trials to evaluate …

AM Woolsey, RA Simmons… - Implementation …, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Reference 1. Woolsey AM, Simmons RA, Woldeghebriel M, et al. Incentivizing appropriate
malaria case management in the private sector: a study protocol for two linked cluster …

[PDF][PDF] Designing Incentive Contracts to Improve the Diagnosis and Treatment of Malaria

M Dieci, P Gertler, J Kolstad - 2024 - mariadieci.com
We examine whether a diagnosis contingent incentive contract structure improves the
diagnosis and appropriate treatment of malaria, and whether demand or supply incentives …

[HTML][HTML] Correction: Incentivizing appropriate malaria case management in the private sector: a study protocol for two linked cluster randomized controlled trials to …

AM Woolsey, RA Simmons, M Woldeghebriel… - Implementation …, 2022 - Springer
The purpose of this correction is to update the design of one of the two linked cluster
randomized trials (CRTs) in our study protocol entitled “Incentivizing appropriate malaria …