rapid diagnostic tests
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).
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
Framework for evaluation of RDT interventions: ACT consortium
ACT Consortium experiences with public health evaluation and involvement in assessing the implementation of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs).
Commentary: Impact of RDTs - Failure of implementation or intervention?
International Journal of Epidemiology
Cadre d’évaluation des interventions liées aux tests de dépistage rapide : ACT Consortium
Expriences dACT Consortium en matire dvaluation de la sant publique et dimplication dans ltude de lintroduction des tests de dpistage rapide (RDT).
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
World Malaria Report 2013: Major progress against disease 'still fragile'
Malaria deaths have declined by 45% globally since 2000 - thanks to prevention and control measures, political commitment and expanded funding. But improving access to diagnosis and
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 testing not a simple fix in the private sector
Drug shops offering quick diagnostic tests for malaria can improve treatment, but regulation by authorities is also needed, researchers warn.
Malaria rapid diagnostic tests and research consortia: Day 2 at ECTMIH 2015
The role of community health workers in malaria diagnosis, the cost-effectiveness of rapid diagnostic tests and the contribution of research consortia to malaria policy were ACT Consortium
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
Le gaspillage des antipaludéens par les personnels de santé au Nigéria coûte cher
Les prestataires de santé formés aux tests de dépistage rapide (RDT) du paludisme prescrivent encore des médicaments antipaludéens onéreux
Health workers wasting expensive malaria drugs in Nigeria
Health providers trained to perform malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) are still prescribing valuable malaria medicines to patients who do not have malaria, according to new research
Funcionários de saúde na Nigéria desperdiçam medicamentos para a malária dispendiosos
Os fornecedores de serviços de saúde formados para administrar testes de diagnóstico rápido da malária (RDT) continuam a prescrever os valiosos medicamentos
Diagnostics in malaria treatment and control: Day 1 at ECTMIH 2015
On the first day of the European Congress on Tropical Medicine and International Health in Basel, Switzerland, the ACT Consortium director and investigators presented findings from