Incorporating Community Case Management in Risk-Based Surveillance for Malaria Elimination in the Dominican Republic

American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

By 
Isabel Byrne, 
Luca Nelli, 
Keyla Ureña, 
Luccène Désir, 
Claudia Hilario Rodriguez, 
Nicole Michelén Ströfer, 
Justin T Lana, 
Gregory S Noland, 
Manuel de Jesús Tejada Beato, 
Jose Luis Cruz Raposo, 
Chris Drakeley, 
Karen E S Hamre, 
Gillian Stresman.
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Summary

In the Dominican Republic, community health workers (CHWs) have been deployed in malaria foci to perform active case detection. This study aimed to assess the added value of CHWs in enhancing the health system’s malaria detection capabilities.

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