Table 1.

Training and supporting interventions for community health workers in the intervention and control arms

	Control arm	Intervention arm
3‐ to 4‐day training workshop
Reasons for policy change to mRDT testing before malaria treatment		✓
How to perform and interpret a mRDT		✓
What to do for patients with a negative mRDT result		✓
How to treat a child with malaria	✓	✓
How to recognise and treat a child with signs of severe illness, and when to refer	✓	✓
How to recognise a child with fevers caused by other illnesses, and when to refer	✓	✓
Role‐play and communication skills	✓	✓
Supporting interventions for trained CHWs
Training certificate with Ministry of Health logo	✓	✓
ACTs: age‐appropriate pre‐packed blister packs with pictorial labelling	✓	✓
Pictorial job aids	✓	✓
Close support supervision after training – for first 6 months only	✓	✓
Bicycle, T‐shirt, monthly kerosene allowance and soap	✓	✓
Supporting interventions in the community
Community‐directed selection of CHWs by popular vote	✓	✓
Community sensitisation about mRDTs (community meetings, churches, women's groups)	✓	✓