Reduced in-hospital mortality after improved management of children under 5 years admitted to hospital with malaria: randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To test whether strict implementation of a standardised protocol for the management of malaria and provision of a financial incentive for health workers reduced mortality.

Design

Randomised controlled intervention trial.

Setting

Paediatric ward at the national hospital in Guinea-Bissau. All children admitted to hospital with severe malaria received free drug kits.

Participants

951 children aged 3 months to 5 years admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of malaria randomised to normal or intervention wards.

Interventions

Before the start of the study, all personnel were trained in the use of the standardised guidelines for the management of malaria, including strict follow-up procedures. Nurses and doctors were randomised to work on intervention

SUBMITTER: Biai S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2043445 | biostudies-literature | 2007 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature