Malaria case management and elimination readiness in health facilities of five districts of Madagascar in 2018.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Madagascar's Malaria National Strategic Plan 2018-2022 calls for progressive malaria elimination beginning in low-incidence districts (< 1 case/1000 population). Optimizing access to prompt diagnosis and quality treatment and improving outbreak detection and response will be critical to success. A malaria elimination readiness assessment (MERA) was performed in health facilities (HFs) of selected districts targeted for malaria elimination.

Methods

A mixed methods survey was performed in September 2018 in five districts of Madagascar. Randomly selected HFs were assessed for availability of malaria commodities and frequency of training and supervision conducted. Health providers (HPs) and community health volunteers (CHVs) were interviewed, and outpatient consultati

SUBMITTER: Anand A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7528237 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature