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by: Bright Orji1, William Brieger1, Emmanuel Otolorin1 and John2 1 Jhpiego, an affiliate of Johns Hopkins University; 2 Akwa Ibom State Ministry of Health
Time Frame
Data extraction was
conducted between February 2010 and March 2011 by trained nurses/ midwives The State Ministry of Health approved the study: confidentiality, nonuse of identifiers
66.2
Type of Prescriber
19.5 16.9
Midwives CHOs 1.2% 1.9% CHEWs 11.7% Nurses 13.2% 17.0% 32.6% Nurse/ midwives
Medical doctors
illness: With early and proper diagnosis of malaria using rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) and microscopy
63.6 36.4
56.8
61.4
Study Aims
Thisstudy sought to learn whether the introduction of RDTs into government-owned antenatal care (ANC) clinics would influence the pattern of fever and malaria management in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria
23.5 0
Temp was Presumptive RDT taken and diagnosis conducted recorded conducted
19.6 0
RDT positive
Amoxicillin Ampicillin Gentamycin Ciprofloxacin Amoxil Caps Flagyl Tetracycline Gentamycin Injection Total N
32 30.5 12.5
0
RDT negative
Methods
At baseline, 597 client cards were reviewed at 6
government-owned ANC clinics in Onna and Ibeno Local Government Areas Staff were then trained in RDT use At endline, 472 cards were reviewed The ANC client cards were drawn from first nonfollow-up visits where a complaint of fever was recorded
Percentage
60 50 40 30 20 10 0 24 15 12 6 11 CQ 8
Quinine
Funding for the production of this poster was provided by Ellicott Dredges, LLC, Baltimore, Maryland, through additional financial support for the use of community-directed intervention for Integrate Community Case Management of Malaria. The opinions herein are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of Ellicott Dredges, LLC. For further information, please contact Bright Orji: BrightOrji.Clement@jhpiego.org