Beyond ‘test and treat’ – malaria diagnosis for improved pediatric fever management in sub-Saharan Africa

It could be viral but you don’t know, you have not diagnosed it: health worker challenges in managing non-malaria paediatric fevers in the low transmission area of Mbarara District, Uganda

(2016) Emily White Johansson et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Integrated paediatric fever management and antibiotic over-treatment in Malawi health facilities: data mining a national facility census

(2016) Emily White Johansson et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Identifying implementation bottlenecks for maternal and newborn health interventions in rural districts of the United Republic of Tanzania

(2015) Ulrika Baker et al.   BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Global, regional, and national causes of child mortality in 2000–13, with projections to inform post-2015 priorities: an updated systematic analysis

(2015) Li Liu et al.   LANCET

Effect of diagnostic testing on medicines used by febrile children less than five years in 12 malaria-endemic African countries: a mixed-methods study

(2015) Emily White Johansson et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Drug seller adherence to clinical protocols with integrated management of malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea at drug shops in Uganda

(2015) Phyllis Awor et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Causes of non-malarial febrile illness in outpatients in Tanzania

(2015) Helena Hildenwall et al.   TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

New Algorithm for Managing Childhood Illness Using Mobile Technology (ALMANACH): A Controlled Non-Inferiority Study on Clinical Outcome and Antibiotic Use in Tanzania

(2015) Amani Flexson Shao et al.   PLoS One

Inclusion of private sector in district health systems; case study of private drug shops implementing modified Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) strategy in Rural Uganda

(2014) Freddy Kitutu et al.   BMC HEALTH SERVICES RESEARCH

SMS messages increase adherence to rapid diagnostic test results among malaria patients: results from a pilot study in Nigeria

(2014) Sepideh Modrek et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Patient-, health worker-, and health facility-level determinants of correct malaria case management at publicly funded health facilities in Malawi: results from a nationally representative health facility survey

(2014) Laura C Steinhardt et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Beyond Malaria — Causes of Fever in Outpatient Tanzanian Children

(2014) Valérie D'Acremont et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

Use of Antibiotics within the IMCI Guidelines in Outpatient Settings in Papua New Guinean Children: An Observational and Effectiveness Study

(2014) Nicolas Senn et al.   PLoS One

Diagnostic Testing of Pediatric Fevers: Meta-Analysis of 13 National Surveys Assessing Influences of Malaria Endemicity and Source of Care on Test Uptake for Febrile Children under Five Years

(2014) Emily White Johansson et al.   PLoS One

An assessment of malaria diagnostic capacity and quality in Ghana and the Republic of Benin

(2014) J. Keating et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE

Scale-up of Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests and Artemisinin-Based Combination Therapy: Challenges and Perspectives in Sub-Saharan Africa

(2014) Guido J. H. Bastiaens et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Basic or enhanced clinician training to improve adherence to malaria treatment guidelines: a cluster-randomised trial in two areas of Cameroon

(2014) Wilfred F Mbacham et al.   Lancet Global Health

Documenting malaria case management coverage in Zambia: a systems effectiveness approach

(2013) Megan Littrell et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Measuring Coverage in MNCH: Accuracy of Measuring Diagnosis and Treatment of Childhood Malaria from Household Surveys in Zambia

(2013) Thomas P. Eisele et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

How can malaria rapid diagnostic tests achieve their potential? A qualitative study of a trial at health facilities in Ghana

(2012) Clare IR Chandler et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Access, acceptability and utilization of community health workers using diagnostics for case management of fever in Ugandan children: a crosssectional study

(2012) David Mukanga et al.   MALARIA JOURNAL

Adoption of Rapid Diagnostic Tests for the Diagnosis of Malaria, a Preliminary Analysis of the Global Fund Program Data, 2005 to 2010

(2012) Jinkou Zhao et al.   PLoS One

The Influence of Distance and Level of Care on Delivery Place in Rural Zambia: A Study of Linked National Data in a Geographic Information System

(2011) Sabine Gabrysch et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Point-of-care tests for diagnosing infections in the developing world

(2010) R.W. Peeling et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Changes in the burden of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa

(2010) Wendy Prudhomme O'Meara et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Would rational use of antibiotics be compromised in the era of test-based management of malaria?

(2010) Frank Baiden et al.   TROPICAL MEDICINE & INTERNATIONAL HEALTH

Influence of Rapid Malaria Diagnostic Tests on Treatment and Health Outcome in Fever Patients, Zanzibar—A Crossover Validation Study

(2009) Mwinyi I. Msellem et al.   PLOS MEDICINE

Delayed care seeking for fatal pneumonia in children aged under five years in Uganda: a cse-series study

(2008) Karin Kallander   BULLETIN OF THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION

Model-Based Recursive Partitioning

(2008) Achim Zeileis et al.   JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL AND GRAPHICAL STATISTICS

Low validity of caretakers’ reports on use of selected antimalarials and antibiotics in children with severe pneumonia at an urban hospital in Uganda

(2008) Helena Hildenwall et al.   TRANSACTIONS OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND HYGIENE