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Evaluation of inpatient malaria case management in Malawi: nationwide health facility survey of health worker knowledge of severe malaria case management
Objectives
The objective of this study was to provide nationally representative estimates of the quality of malaria case management at publicly-funded health facilities in Malawi, using data from a nationally representative health facility survey conducted in April–May 2011.
The specific objectives were to assess:
- the readiness of public facilities and health workers to provide malaria case management,
- the characteristics of patients seeking care at public facilities,
- the proportion of patients with uncomplicated malaria who were treated correctly, and
- the proportion without clinical malaria who received malaria treatment (i.e., overtreatment).
Principal Institution
Partner Institutions
Malawi College of Medicine, Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (KUHeS)
Rationale and Abstract
Malaria is endemic throughout Malawi, but little is known about the quality of malaria case management at publicly-funded health facilities, which are the major source of care for febrile patients.
Study Design
Nationwide, geographically-stratified health facility survey
Date
Jan 2012 — Aug 2012
Total Project Funding
$175,000
Funding Details
U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI), United States
Cooperative Agreement Number 5U01CK000135
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