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Table 1 Comparison of key RCD response differences in urban and rural settings

From: Malaria surveillance in low-transmission areas of Zambia using reactive case detection

 

Urban

Rural

CHW length of training

2 days

4 days initial and 2-week clinic attachment post-training

Incident case detection

Clinic

Clinic and CHW health post

Exclusion criteria

Travel within last month

–

Team composition

Environmental health technician, nurse, 2× CHW

CHW

Incentives provided

Money per day worked

Mobile-phone airtime per monthly report, bicycle, apron, bag

RCD response

Ten houses around index, including index house

140-m radius from index house

Data collection

Paper forms/tablet computers → submission to web-based DHIS2

Paper registers → m-phone submission to web-based DHIS2

  1. EHT environmental health technician