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Figure 3

From: Designing and implementing interventions to change clinicians’ practice in the management of uncomplicated malaria: lessons from Cameroon

Figure 3

Appropriate treatment card game. Rules of the game (3 to 5 players). Step 1: Deal 3 cards per person and place the remaining in a pile face down. Step 2: The first player picks up one card from the pile and then determines if he can give “appropriate treatment” using the correct combination of 3 cards (Fever & RDT positive & ACT OR Fever & RDT negative & Further investigation). If he/she can, the player places 3 cards on the table. If not, his/her turn ends. Step 3: Play passes to the next player and follows from step 2. Step 4: Play continues until someone has given appropriate treatment to five patients. Fever = Patient has a fever. RDT + = Rapid diagnostic test is positive. RDT- = Rapid diagnostic test is negative. ACT = Artemisinin-based combination therapy. Examen Complementaire = Further Investigation.

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