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Text Messages - Correct Malaria Treatment Increased up to 24.5%

Strategy researched Text message reminders Impact achieved Country of study Kenya Research methodology Cluster RCT at 107 rural health facilities with 2,269 child cases Journal Journal paper title and link Excerpt from Abstract "119 health workers received the intervention. Case-management practices were assessed for 2269 children who needed treatment (1157 in the intervention group and 1112 in the control group). Intention-to-treat analysis showed that correct artemether-lumefantrine management improved by 23·7 percentage-points (95% CI 7·6–40·0; p=0·004) immediately after intervention and by 24·5 percentage-points (8·1–41·0; p=0·003) 6 months later." |
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