Health Care Worker’s Experience on Rapid Diagnostic Test (Rdt) for Malaria and Their Views on Community Acceptability of Rdt in Rubavu District, Rwanda: Qualitative Study

Abstract

Background: Malaria remains one of the major public health problems in Rwanda. The country introduced artemisinin combination therapy (ACT) at community level using community health workers (CHWs) for treatment of uncomplicated malaria in 2008. Use of ACT with reliance on presumptive diagnosis may lead to excessive use, increased costs and rise of drug resistance. Thus to overcome these challenges, rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) was introduced to be done by CHWs. This study assessed health care workers experience regarding RDT and their feelings on acceptability of RDTs by community members.

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“…Recently, a lateral flow immunoassay has been reported to detect IL-6 in a quantitatively manner and similar devices need to be developed ( 103 ). Malaria RDTs are already widely implemented in Asia and Africa for fever management, where they are culturally accepted by communities ( 104 – 107 ). Therefore, it is expected that analogous devices would also be culturally acceptable.…”