Mass Testing and Treatment to Accelerate Malaria Elimination: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.

ABSTRACT: In regions where malaria transmission persists, the implementation of approaches aimed at eliminating parasites from the population can effectively decrease both burden of disease and transmission of infection. Thus, mass strategies that target symptomatic and asymptomatic infections at the same time may help countries to reduce transmission. This systematic review assessed the potential benefits and harms of mass testing and treatment (MTaT) to reduce malaria transmission. Searches were conducted in March 2021 and updated in April 2022 and included cluster-randomized controlled trials (cRCTs) as well as nonrandomized studies (NRSs) using malaria infection incidence, clinical malaria incidence, or prevalence as outcomes. The risk of bias was assessed with Cochrane's risk of bias (RoB2) too

SUBMITTER: Bhamani B 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10993795 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature