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. 2016 Mar 15;15:163. doi: 10.1186/s12936-016-1218-5

Table 2.

Appropriate treatment overall, RDT positive and RDT negative results

Study design Authors Country Health
personnel cadre
Appropriate
treatment (%)
Positives
treated (%)
Negatives not
treated (%)
RCT Bisoffi Burkina Faso Nurses 60.7 97.7 19.0
Observational Masanja Tanzania Clinicians 95.9 95.8 96.0
Bottiaeua Mozambique Clinicians 93.4 95.1 92.8
Mukanga Uganda CHW 97.8 98.6 95.2
Manyando Zambia Clinicians 39.7 93.9 31.4
Cross sectional Chinkhumba Malawi Clinicians and nurses 86.9 98.0 57.9
Uzochukwu Nigeria Clinicians, nurses and CHW 60.0 100.0 25.9
Mubi Tanzania Clinicians and nurses 90.5 100.0 86.5
Shakely Zanzibar Clinicians and nurses 99.9 100.0 99.9
CRT Batwala Uganda Clinical officers and nurses 88.5 100.0 76.6
Mukangab Ghana CHW 99.5 100.0 96.7
Mukangab Uganda CHW 99.0 99.9 92.4
Mbachamc Cameroon Clinicians 56.1 72.1 48.1
Mbachamd Cameroon Clinicians 70.8 72.9 69.4
Mbonye Uganda DSV 98.8 99.0 98.5
Before and after Bastiaens Tanzania Clinical officers 90.4 100.0 90.0

CHW community health worker, DSV drug shop vendors

a Excludes missing data

b Excludes Burkina Faso results

c Basic training

d Enhanced training