Resources

This poster, which focuses on data from Ethiopia and Senegal, shows that differences between DHIS2 and the facility source records are small and decreased from 2013 to 2014, suggesting that the system can provide accurate and timely information on malaria transmission intensity at the health-post level.

Real-time, accurate, and actionable data are critical for malaria elimination; using dashboards to visualize malaria data in Zambia is one possible solution to strengthen feedback loops to the most granular levels and motivate end users. To make dashboards matter, dashboards should be developed jointly with eventual end users and focus on tools for practical decision-making.

This poster demonstrates that the use of DHAp for malaria treatment was generally safe and well tolerated. A total of 687 adverse events (AEs) were reported (0.13% of participants, 0.24% of treatments). Four AEs were initially reported as serious adverse events, though three were later identified as not related to drug ingestion.

Oxygen and pulse oximetry can significantly reduce mortality from childhood pneumonia and hypoxemia. However, these essential medicines and devices remain scarce in many low-resource settings. This poster presentation from the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) 2016 Annual Meeting summarizes efforts to identify barriers and implement scalable solutions to improve access to these lifesaving tools.

To facilitate uptake of the updated national health facility guidelines and enhance the quality of malaria case management, MalariaCare supported Ghana’s National Malaria Control Program to conduct on-site training and supportive supervision (OTSS) visits to 26 districts in Ghana’s Eastern region. This poster details the results of these visits and the study’s implications for malaria case management.