Malaria case management commodity supply and use by community health workers in Mozambique, 2017.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Community health workers (CHWs) provide preventive care and integrated community case management (iCCM) to people with low healthcare access worldwide. CHW programmes have helped reduce mortality in myriad countries, but little data on malaria supply chain management has been shared. This project evaluated the current composition, use, and delivery of malaria iCCM kit commodities in Mozambique-rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and artemether-lumefantrine (AL) treatments-to better tailor existing resources to the needs of CHWs in diverse practice settings.

Methods

Health facilities in Maputo (low malaria burden), Inhambane (moderate), and Nampula (high) Provinces were selected using probability proportionate to the number of CHWs at each facility. All CHWs and their su

SUBMITTER: Davlantes E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6385463 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature