A recent article published in the American Journal Of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene studied the other side of using malaria rapid diagnostic tests (mRDTs). The study was conducted at eight sites in sub-Sahara Africa and two in Afghanistan, to evaluate the impact of mRDTs on case management across different setting which varied in endemicity and healthcare provider type. These observations could be useful for healthcare providers and physicians working in the Indian rural and community settings.
Providing antimalaria treatment to the patients has always been challenging because the diagnosis has been largely based on the empirical diagnosis. This has resulted in many of people with malaria not receiving appropriate antimalarial medication, increasing the risk of death. In this regard since 2010, WHO has been recommending that all suspected malaria cases should be confirmed before…
