Adherence to malaria management guidelines by health care workers in the Busoga sub-region, eastern Uganda.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Appropriate malaria management is a key malaria control strategy. The objective of this study was to determine health care worker adherence levels to malaria case management guidelines in the Busoga sub-region, Uganda.

Methods

Health facility assessments, health care worker (HCW), and patient exit interview (PEI) surveys were conducted at government and private health facilities in the sub-region. All health centres (HC) IVs, IIIs, and a sample of HC IIs, representative of the tiered structure of outpatient service delivery at the district level were targeted. HCWs at these facilities were eligible for participation in the study. For PEIs, 210 patients of all ages presenting with a history of fever for outpatient care at selected facilities in each district were t

SUBMITTER: Mpimbaza A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8788114 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature