Quality of Malaria Case Management and Reporting at Public Health Facilities in Six Health Districts in Guinea, 2018.

ABSTRACT: Data on fever and malaria cases reported by health facilities are used for tracking incidence and quantification of malaria commodity needs in Guinea. Periodic assessments of the quality of malaria case management and routine data are a critical activity for the malaria program. In May-June 2018, survey teams visited 126 health facilities in six health districts purposefully selected to represent a spectrum (Stratum 1-high, Stratum 2-intermediate, and Stratum 3-low) of perceived quality of case management and reporting, as assessed from an a priori analysis of routine data. Surveyors performed exit interviews with 939 outpatients and compared results with registry data for interviewed patients. Availability of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACTs)

SUBMITTER: Davlantes E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6609198 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature