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SUBMITTER: Smith Paintain L
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4155545 | biostudies-other | 2014 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-other
Smith Paintain Lucy L Willey Barbara B Kedenge Sarah S Sharkey Alyssa A Kim Julia J Buj Valentina V Webster Jayne J Schellenberg David D Ngongo Ngashi N
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene 20140623 3
A systematic literature review was conducted to assess the effectiveness of strategies to improve community case management (CCM) of malaria. Forty-three studies were included; most (38) reported indicators of community health worker (CHW) performance, 14 reported on malaria CCM integrated with other child health interventions, 16 reported on health system capacity, and 13 reported on referral. The CHWs are able to provide good quality malaria care, including performing procedures such as rapid ...[more]