Table 2.
Community Health Worker Test Results Versus Quality Assurance Test Results Versus Microscopy
| Test Result | RDT Results, Read by CHW |
Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Positive | Negative | ||
| Total | 12 627 (98.8) | 29 (0.2) | 12 656 (100) |
| QA RDT and microscopy results | |||
| Burkina Faso | |||
| CHW RDT results | 5357 (99.9) | 8 (0.1) | 5365 (100) |
| RDT-positive QA result | 5075 (96.6) | 0 (…) | 5075 (96.5) |
| RDT-negative QA result | 177 (3.4) | 5 (100) | 182 (3.5) |
| RDT QA not available | 105 | 3 | 108 |
| Nigeria | |||
| CHW RDT results | 1631 (99.0) | 17 (1.0) | 1648 (100) |
| RDT-positive QA result | 1207 (86.2) | 3 (20) | 1210 (85.5) |
| RDT-negative QA result | 193 (13.8) | 12 (80) | 205 (14.5) |
| RDT QA not available | 231 | 2 | 233 |
| Microscopy positive | 780 (65.8) | 2 (15.4) | 782 (65.2) |
| Microscopy negative | 406 (34.2) | 11 (84.6) | 417 (34.8) |
| Microscopy unavailable | 445 | 4 | 449 |
| Uganda | |||
| CHW RDT results | 5639 (99.9) | 4 (0.1) | 5643 (100) |
Data are presented as No. (%).
Abbreviations: CHW, community health worker; QA, quality assurance; RDT, rapid diagnostic test.