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| ID | Type | Description | Link |
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| HS805 | Other Identifier | Uganda National Council for Science and Technology |
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| Name | Class |
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| Clinton Health Access Initiative, Nigeria | OTHER |
| Innovations for Poverty Action-Uganda | UNKNOWN |
| Uganda Health Marketing Group | UNKNOWN |
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The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility and impact of introducing subsidized malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) into retail sector drug shops in Uganda. This is a randomized controlled trial at the village level, taking place in 6 districts in Eastern Uganda. Licensed drug shops in selected villages were trained in proper RDT storage, administration, interpretation and disposal and were given access to subsidized RDTs for sale. This study explores whether drug shop owners--when given access to training and subsidized RDTs--will choose to promote and sell RDTs to customers and, if so, at what volume and what price. The investigators also explore whether shops will safely store, administer, interpret and dispose of RDTs and to what extent they will use RDT results to guide treatment recommendations. Finally, the study explores whether making RDTs available for sale in local drug shops has a community level impact on diagnostic testing and appropriate treatment for malaria.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
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| RDT Training and Subsidy Offered | Experimental | Licensed drug shops within villages selected randomly to be in this arm will be invited to training on RDTs and offered access to subsidized RDTs available for purchase at a local wholesale pharmacy in Mbale, Uganda. |
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| Information/Education Campaign | Experimental | Community meetings describing RDTs and encouraging community members to be diagnosed prior to taking malaria treatment will be held in villages randomly assigned to this treatment arm. |
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| RDT Training/Subsidy + Information/Education Campaign | Experimental | Includes both the training and subsidy component and the information/education campaign component. |
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| Control | No Intervention |
| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
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| RDT Training and Subsidy Offered | Behavioral |
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| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Fraction of Illnesses Diagnosed for Malaria | Comparison of the rate of malaria diagnosis in treatment vs. control. Comparison will be at the village level and at the shop level. Denominator will be: all illnesses, febrile illnesses only or suspected malaria episodes only. | Up To One Year |
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| Mean RDT Price Charged by Shops | Up to One Year | |
| Mean RDTs Purchased by Shops from Wholesaler | Up To One Year | |
| Fraction of Monitoring Checklist Items Performed Correctly by Shops |
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Inclusion Criteria:
Drug Shops:
Households:
Exclusion Criteria:
Drug Shops:
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Jessica Cohen, PhD | Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) | Principal Investigator |
| Gunther Fink, PhD | Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH) | Principal Investigator |
| William Dickens, PhD | Northeastern University | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Clinton Health Access Initiative | Kampala | Uganda | ||||
| Innovations for Poverty Action-Uganda |
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| Project Description | View source |
| G Fink (PI) website | View source |
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| ID | Term |
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| D008288 | Malaria |
| ID | Term |
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| D011528 | Protozoan Infections |
| D010272 | Parasitic Diseases |
| D007239 | Infections |
| D000096724 | Mosquito-Borne Diseases |
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| Information/Education Campaign |
| Behavioral |
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| Up To One Year |
| Fraction of Illnesses for which an Antimalarial/ACT/Antibiotic is Taken |
| Up To One Year |
| Kampala |
| Uganda |
| D000079426 |
| Vector Borne Diseases |