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ABSTRACT: Abstract

Objective

To evaluate the impact – on diagnosis and treatment of malaria – of introducing rapid diagnostic tests to drug shops in eastern Uganda.

Methods

Overall, 2193 households in 79 study villages with at least one licensed drug shop were enrolled and monitored for 12 months. After 3 months of monitoring, drug shop vendors in 67 villages randomly selected for the intervention were offered training in the use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests and – if trained – offered access to such tests at a subsidized price. The remaining 12 study villages served as controls. A difference-in-differences regression model was used to estimate the impact of the intervention.

Findings

Vendors from 92 drug shops successfully completed training and 50 actively stocked an

SUBMITTER: Cohen J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4984450 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature