Last Updated: 05/07/2021
Effectiveness of country-wide test and treat policy for malaria among children: a case study from Burkina Faso
Objectives
To assess the impact of spatial heterogeneity on the effectiveness of malaria test and treat policies implemented in children.
While presumptive treatment has important drawbacks, the effectiveness of the test and treat policy can vary considerably across regions, depending on several factors such as baseline malaria prevalence and rapid diagnostic test (RDT) performance.
In order to compare malaria presumptive treatment with test and treat, generalized linear mixed effects models were fitted to data from 6510 children under five years of age from Burkina Faso’s 2010 Demographic and Health Survey.
To broaden the application of this analysis, two online tools were developed that enable policy makers and other potential users to interact with the statistical modeling results.
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