health worker
Useful resources
Training manuals: Use of artemisinin-based combination therapies and rapid diagnostic tests for home-based management of fever in Uganda
Resource to train community health workers on the use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests and fever management.
Training manuals from REACT study in Cameroon
The REACT Facilitator and Participant Manuals on improving malaria diagnosis and treatment
TACT trainer and trainee manuals and patient leaflet
The TACT training manuals and patient leaflet were designed to support the use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs).
Prospectus du patient et manuels du formateur et du stagiaire pour TACT
Le prospectus du patient et les manuels de formation pour TACT ont t conus pour faciliter lutilisation des tests de dpistage rapide du paludisme (RDT).
PRIME trainer and learner manuals
Nine new workshops, focused on Health Centre Management and Patient Centred Services.
Manuels de formation pour l'étude REACT au Cameroun
Les manuels du formateur et du participant REACT sur l'amlioration du dpistage et du traitement du paludisme
Manuels de formation : utilisation des combinaisons thérapeutiques à base d'artémisinine et des tests de dépistage rapide pour la prise en charge à domicile de la fièvre en Ouganda
Ressource pour former les personnels de sant communautaires l'utilisation des tests de dpistage rapide du paludisme et la prise en charge de la fivre.
Manuais TACT para formadores e formandos e folheto TACT para pacientes
Os manuais de formao TACT e o folheto TACT para pacientes foram concebidos para promover a utilizao dos testes de diagnstico rpido (RDT) da malria.
Manuais de formação: Utilização de terapias combinadas à base de artemisina e de testes de diagnóstico rápido para a gestão domiciliária da febre no Uganda
Recurso para ministrar formao aos funcionrios dos servios de sade comunitrio sobre a utilizao de testes de diagnstico rpido para a malria e sobre a gesto dos estados febris.
Manuais de formação do estudo REACT realizado nos Camarões
Manuais REACT para formadores e participantes sobre a melhoria do diagnstico e tratamento da malria
Peer-reviewed publications
Basic or enhanced clinician training to improve adherence to malaria treatment guidelines: a cluster-randomised trial in two areas of Cameroon
The Lancet Global Health
News
Progress in malaria leads to overuse of antibiotics
Improving malaria diagnosis decreased the waste of malaria drugs in patients who didn’t need them. Now, clinicians who don’t know what else is causing fever tend to overprescribe
Patients with fever need better diagnosis and appropriate treatment
Many people who visit health clinics with fever in malaria endemic areas do not have malaria, but they still receive antimalarial drugs. A new report from the World Health Organization
Malaria diagnosis training manuals released
Health workers may now benefit from training manuals to best use malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs). The resource was developed during a clinical trial in Tanzania and the authors
Interactive training halves malaria overdiagnosis and prevents wastage of drugs
Interactive training programmes for health workers could reduce overdiagnosis of malaria by half and help prevent valuable drugs from being wasted on patients who don’t have the