Table 2.
Thematic areas and specific topics
| Programmatic themes | Number | Percent | Research topics | Number | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diagnosis | 47 | 9.1% | RDT | 25 | 4.9% |
| Parasitologically-confirmed diagnosis | 9 | 1.7% | |||
| Diagnostics comparison | 10 | 1.9% | |||
| Perception & adherence to guidelines | 2 | 0.4% | |||
| QA/EQA | 1 | 0.2% | |||
| Treatment | 84 | 16.3% | G6PD | 3 | 0.6% |
| Anti-relapse and Primaquine | 6 | 1.2% | |||
| Accessibility to treatment | 10 | 1.9% | |||
| Adherence to treatment | 15 | 2.9% | |||
| Home management | 18 | 3.5% | |||
| Efficacy and resistance to antimalarial | 5 | 1.0% | |||
| Treatment perception & behaviour | 27 | 5.2% | |||
| Prevention | 52 | 10.1% | Community perception & practice | 14 | 2.7% |
| Prevention & IPTp | 27 | 5.2% | |||
| Prevention & IPTi | 5 | 1.0% | |||
| Prevention & IPTc | 5 | 1.0% | |||
| Chemoprophylaxis | 1 | 0.2% | |||
| Vector control | 129 | 25.0% | Perception & acceptability of IRS | 5 | 1.0% |
| Perception & acceptability of bednets | 32 | 6.2% | |||
| Environment management | 5 | 1.0% | |||
| Mosquito sampling methods | 5 | 1.0% | |||
| ITN vs IRS and combination | 5 | 1.0% | |||
| Ownership & utilization of bednets | 40 | 7.8% | |||
| Bionomics of vector & efficacy of insecticide | 21 | 4.1% | |||
| Larvae & larviciding | 4 | 0.8% | |||
| Impact of anti-vector intervention | 5 | 1.0% | |||
| Outdoor-biting | 4 | 0.8% | |||
| Sustain or phase out of vector intervention | 1 | 0.2% | |||
| IVM | 1 | 0.2% | |||
| Geographical Reconnaissance (GR) | 1 | 0.2% | |||
| Epidemiology & transmission | 85 | 16.5% | Infection reservoir-asymptomatic, submicroscopic, gametocyte carriers | 15 | 2.9% |
| Risk factor & Prevalence | 22 | 4.3% | |||
| Hotspot & foci | 7 | 1.4% | |||
| Importation | 13 | 2.5% | |||
| Elimination strategy | 2 | 0.4% | |||
| Reintroduction | 4 | 0.8% | |||
| Risk & distribution mapping/model | 22 | 4.3% | |||
| Surveillance | 19 | 3.8% | Reporting & quality of data | 6 | 1.2% |
| Mobile phone-based case detection | 3 | 0.6% | |||
| ACD vs PCD | 8 | 1.6% | |||
| Surveillance as intervention | 1 | 0.2% | |||
| Early warning & response | 1 | 0.2% | |||
| Health system | 73 | 14.2% | Health worker's perception & practice | 27 | 5.2% |
| Availability & use of service | 7 | 1.4% | |||
| Health facility performance | 19 | 3.7% | |||
| Provision of service by private sectors | 6 | 1.2% | |||
| Perception & adherence to guidelines of private sectors | 5 | 1.0% | |||
| Subsidy policy to private sectors | 8 | 1.6% | |||
| Malaria reporting by private sectors | 1 | 0.2% | |||
| Cost-effectiveness | 26 | 5.0% | 26 | 5.0% | |
| Total | 515 | 100.0% | 515 | 100.0% |