sing social groups and health care providers to increase the use of simple malaria tests in Ebonyi State, Nigeria
- Conditions
- MalariaInfections and Infestations
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN14046444
- Lead Sponsor
- Department of Community Medicine, Ebonyi State University
- Brief Summary
2019 protocol in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31601250 (added 14/10/2019) 2021 results in https://doi.org/10.1016/S2214-109X(20)30508-8 (added 18/02/2021)
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 18
Current participant inclusion criteria as of 24/08/2018:
Clusters:
1. Availability of eligible health care facilities:
1.1. At least one eligible public primary health care facility
1.2. At least one eligible patient medicine vendor (PMV)
2. Ease of access - closeness to a motorable road that is usable even in the rainy season
Public primary health facilities:
1. Functionality
1.1. Provision of MRDT services
1.2. Provision of maternal and child health care services including immunisation
2. Attending to at least an average of four fever cases (or suspected cases of malaria) per day
3. Having at least 2 staff that are at least junior community health extension workers (JCHEWs)
Patent medicine vendors (PMVs):
1. Have basic training in MRDT services
2. Either currently offering or previously offered MRDT services
Individual public health care providers must have involvement in the diagnosis (and treatment) of malaria
Social groups (women associations/meetings, village meetings, men associations, youth associations, elders’ fora, ward/community/village development committees etc) must be recognised by cluster heads/authorities.
Households must have a report of any case of fever or suspected malaria among under-5 children, 5 years and above children, and adults (excluding pregnant women) in the household in the preceding two weeks to a population-based household survey.
Previous participant inclusion criteria:
Clusters:
1. Availability of eligible health care facilities:
1.1. At least one eligible public primary health care facility
1.2. At least one eligible private health facility or PMV (patient medicine vendor)
2. Ease of access - closeness to a motorable road that is usable even in the rainy season
Public primary health facilities:
1. Functionality
1.1. Provision of MRDT services
1.2. Provision of maternal and child health care services including immunisation
2. Attending to at least an average of four fever cases (or suspected cases of malaria) per day
3. Having at least 3 staff that are at least junior community health extension workers (JCHEWs)
Individual private health care providers and patent medicine vendors (PMVs):
1. Have basic training in MRDT services
2. Either currently offering or previously offered MRDT services
Individual public health care providers must have involvement in the diagnosis (and treatment) of malaria
Social groups (women associations/meetings, village meetings, men associations, youth associations, elders’ fora, ward/community/village development committees etc) must be recognised by cluster heads/authorities.
Households must have a report of any case of fever or suspected malaria among under-5 children, 5 years and above children, and adults (excluding pregnant women) in the household in the preceding two weeks to a population-based household survey.
For clusters:
1. Participation in similar interventions within the preceding year
2. Clusters that are too close (less than 15 km apart) and not separated by a buffer area or natural barrier
3. Urban clusters (in cities/towns)
4. No consent provided
For all other participant groups, non-consenting participants will be excluded from the study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method