biostudies-literatureUnknown93(3)Cohen JAbstract <h4>Objective</h4> To evaluate the impact – on diagnosis and treatment of malaria – of introducing rapid diagnostic tests to drug shops in eastern Uganda. <h4>Methods</h4> 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. <h4>Findings</h4> Vendors from 92 drug shops successfully completed training and 50 actively stocked anBulletin of the World Health Organization142-151https://www.ebi.ac.uk/biostudies/studies/S-EPMC4984450biostudies-literatureIntroducing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria to drug shops in Uganda: a cluster-randomized controlled trial Introduction de tests diagnostiques rapides du paludisme dans les pharmacies en Ouganda: un essai controle randomise par grappe Introduccion de pruebas de diagnostico rapido para la malaria en farmacias en Uganda: un ensayo controlado aleatorio por grupos تقديم الاختبارات التشخيصية السريعة للملاريا إلى مخازن الأدوية في أوغندا: تجربة عشوائية عنقودية خاضعة للمراقبة 乌干达药店引入疟疾快速诊断测试:集群随机对照试验 Внедрение диагностических экспресс-тестов на малярию в аптеки Уганды: кластерное рандомизированное контролируемое исследованиеPMC4984450Svoronos TJordan MMaloney KBerg KFink GCohen JAber FDickens WfalseIntroducing rapid diagnostic tests for malaria to drug shops in Uganda: a cluster-randomized controlled trial Introduction de tests diagnostiques rapides du paludisme dans les pharmacies en Ouganda: un essai controle randomise par grappe Introduccion de pruebas de diagnostico rapido para la malaria en farmacias en Uganda: un ensayo controlado aleatorio por grupos تقديم الاختبارات التشخيصية السريعة للملاريا إلى مخازن الأدوية في أوغندا: تجربة عشوائية عنقودية خاضعة للمراقبة 乌干达药店引入疟疾快速诊断测试:集群随机对照试验 Внедрение диагностических экспресс-тестов на малярию в аптеки Уганды: кластерное рандомизированное контролируемое исследованиеAbstract <h4>Objective</h4> To evaluate the impact – on diagnosis and treatment of malaria – of introducing rapid diagnostic tests to drug shops in eastern Uganda. <h4>Methods</h4> 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. <h4>Findings</h4> Vendors from 92 drug shops successfully completed training and 50 actively stocked an2015-01-01T00:00:00Z2015 Jan2025-04-18T23:52:43.577Z2019-03-26T22:58:43ZS-EPMC4984450