Community volunteers as agents for improving early diagnosis and appropriate treatment of malaria in Bago Division, Myanmar

Phase 4

Recruiting

• Conditions: Early diagnosis and treatment of malaria; Trained volunteers can reduce malaria mortality?; Acceptability of trained volunteers for malaria diagnosis and treatment by the health staff; Acceptability of trained volunteers for malaria diagnosis and treatment by community; Public Health - Health service research; Infection - Other infectious diseases; Public Health - Epidemiology

• Registration Number: ACTRN12610000706077
• Lead Sponsor: World Health Organization Regional Office for the South-East Asia - UNICEF/UNDP/World Bank/WHO Special Programme for Research and Training in Tropical Diseases (TDR) Small Grants Programme (WHO/SEARO-TDR Small Grants Programme)

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2010-08-25
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 640

Inclusion Criteria

Subject older than 6 months with history of fever within one month, but not within 24 hours at the time of data collection in a malaria endemic village

Exclusion Criteria

Fever within 24 hours

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Interval between the first febrile episode and diagnosis by rapid diagnostic test[at baseline and at 6 months after intervention];Proportions of population with fever who receive malaria diagnosis and appropriate treatment[at baseline and at 6 months after intervention commencement];Mortality from all causes[at 6 and 12-18 months after intervention commencement]