Table 3.

Malaria case management: characteristics of included studies

Study identifiers, context, and population				Study design and limitations
Study (first-named author, year of publication)	Country	Study years	Study population	Study design	Sample size and number of total clusters	Ascertainment of deaths	Co-interventions	Intervention coverage
Studies with all-cause data
Kidane, 2000 [22]	Ethiopia	1997	0–59 mo.	Cluster-matched RCT	13 677 children, 24 clusters	VA reported by study coordinators	None	NR
Menon, 1990 [23]	The Gambia	1985–89	3–59 mo.	Cluster, but not randomized	41 villages	VA reported by a physician	No	60% received maloprim chemoprophylaxis, chloroquine coverage not reported

NR, Not reported; RCT, randomized controlled trial; VA, verbal autopsy.