Table 1 Characteristics of studies included
Authors | Year | Country | Study setting | Study design | HW cadre | Number of HWs | Age of study participants | RDT | Sample size |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bisoffi [31] | 2009 | Burkina Faso | Stable malaria with seasonal transmission | RCT | Nurses | NR | >6 months | Paracheck Pf | 1050 |
Masanja [33] | 2010 | Tanzania | Holoendemic | Observational | Clinicians | 99 | >5 years | ParaHIT | 10,650 |
Bottieau [32] | 2013 | Mozambique | Perennial transmission with seasonal peaks | Observational | Clinicians | NR | All | Paracheck Pf; ICT malaria Pf; SD Bioline Pf | 1385 |
Manyando [38] | 2014 | Zambia | Both low and high transmission | Observational | Clinicians | NR | <5 years | ICT malaria Pf | 1492 |
Chinkhumba [37] | 2010 | Malawi | Stable malaria with seasonal peak | Cross sectional | Clinicians and nurses | NR | >5 years | ICT malaria pf; SD Bioline; Paracheck Pf; First Response | 1390 |
Uzochukwu [36] | 2011 | Nigeria | High transmission | Cross sectional | Clinicians, nurses and CHW | 32 | All | ICT malaria Pf | 280 |
Mubi [17] | 2013 | Tanzania | Perennial transmission | Cross sectional | Clinicians and nurses | 20 | >3 months | NR | 105 |
Shakely [18] | 2013 | Zanzibar | Low transmission | Cross sectional | Clinicians and nurses | 33 | All | Paracheck Pf | 3889 |
Batwala [30] | 2011 | Uganda | Both low and high transmission | CRT | Clinical officers and nurses | 30 | All | Paracheck Pf | 44,565 |
Mukanga [35] | 2012 | Ghana, Uganda | Seasonal | CRT | CHW | 44 | 4–59 months | Paracheck Pf; ICT malaria Pf | 1559 |
Mbacham [16] | 2014 | Cameroon | NR | CRT | Clinicians | 198 | All | SD Bioline | 1194 |
Bastiaens [39] | 2011 | Tanzania | NR | Before and after | Clinical officers | NR | Below 10 year olds | ICT malaria Pf; Paracheck Pf | 501 |
Mbonye [7] | 2015 | Uganda | Perennial transmission | CRT | DSV | 10 | All | First response | 8073 |
Mukanga [34] | 2011 | Uganda | High transmission | Observational | CHW | 14 | Under 5 years | NR | 182 |