complex interventions
Useful resources
Policy brief for Afghanistan study
Community Case Management of Malaria in Afghanistan
Policy brief and posters for community management project in Uganda
Use of rapid diagnostic tests to improve malaria treatment in the community in Uganda
Interventions to improve providers' ability to diagnose and treat uncomplicated Malaria
Literature review from the REACT studies
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).
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
The practice of 'doing' evaluation: lessons learned from nine complex intervention trials in action
Implementation Science
The development of effective behaviour change interventions to support the use of malaria rapid diagnostic tests by Tanzanian clinicians
Implementation Science
Rapid diagnostic tests to improve treatment of malaria and other febrile illnesses: patient randomised effectiveness trial in primary care clinics in Afghanistan
British Medical Journal
Mind the gap: Knowledge and practice of providers treating uncomplicated malaria at public and mission health facilities, pharmacies and drug stores in Cameroon and Nigeria
Health Policy and Planning
Examining intervention design: lessons from the development of eight related malaria health care intervention studies
Health Systems and Reform
News
Providing training and supplies to health centres not enough to improve children's health
A trial in a high malaria transmission area in Uganda aimed to improve quality of care for patients with a fever. It showed small improvements in malaria case management, patient satisfaction
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 researchers launch free kit to develop diagnosis and treatment interventions
The malaria community can now use a Starter Kit to develop diagnosis and treatment interventions in endemic countries. ACT Consortium researchers launched the five resources on World
Little attention paid to how health interventions are designed
Funders and researchers need to recognise the social, political and economic factors that affect the development of interventions
to improve health care, a new study suggests.
Improving malaria diagnosis in Asia
Clinicians who use rapid diagnostic tests instead of relying on patients’ symptoms are less likely to overprescribe malaria treatment. The tests are also better at detecting fatal
'There are more medicines and diagnostic tools, but still no clean water'
Malaria interventions are unlikely to improve health of communities unless the root causes of dysfunctional health systems are tackled, an ACT Consortium researcher told members of