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Bar chart showing the proportion positive of POCTs performed in the intervention arm, over the full study period, in a randomized controlled trial that introduced POCTs to guide the management of outpatients with febrile illness at 3 clinical sites in Uganda. The proportion of each POCT with positive results is shown on the y-axis and months of the year on the x-axis. Abbreviations: POCT, point-of-care test; RDT, rapid diagnostic test.
