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Effectiveness Of Rapid Diagnostic Tests in the New Context of Low Malaria Endemicity in Zanzibar

NCT01002066 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 3890

Last updated 2011-11-15

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to study the effectiveness of wide scale RDT use at the primary health care level in previously high malaria endemic area during malaria pre-elimination phase for improved targeting of anti-malarial drugs, malaria surveillance and epidemic alertness.

Conditions

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Zanzibar Malaria Control Programme

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • World Health Organization

    collaborator OTHER

  • Karolinska University Hospital

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Anders Björkman, Professor · Karolinska University Hopsital

  • Andreas Mårtensson, Ph.D, M.D. · Karolinska University Hospital

  • Kristina Elfving, M.D. · Karolinska University Hospital

  • Mwinyi Msellem, MSc · Zanzibar Malaria Control Programme

  • Delér Shakely, M.D. · Karolinska University Hopsital

Eligibility

Min Age
2 Months
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2010-05-31
Primary Completion
2010-10-31
Completion
2011-02-28

Countries

  • Tanzania

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