TY - JOUR AU - Jegede, Ayodele AU - Willey, Barbara AU - Hamade, Prudence AU - Oshiname, Fredrick AU - Chandramohan, Daniel AU - Ajayi, IkeOluwa AU - Falade, Catherine AU - Baba, Ebenezer AU - Webster, Jayne PY - 2020 DA - 2020/02/24 TI - Evaluation of a capacity building intervention on malaria treatment for under-fives in rural health facilities in Niger State, Nigeria JO - Malaria Journal SP - 90 VL - 19 IS - 1 AB - Despite the uptake of parasitological testing into policy and practice, appropriate prescription of anti-malarials and artemisinin-based combination therapy (ACT) in accordance with test results is variable. This study describes a National Malaria Control Programme-led capacity building intervention which was implemented in 10 States of Nigeria. Using the experience of Niger State, this study assessed the effect on malaria diagnosis and prescription practices among febrile under-fives in rural health facilities. SN - 1475-2875 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-020-03167-y DO - 10.1186/s12936-020-03167-y ID - Jegede2020 ER -