A methodological framework for the improved use of routine health system data to evaluate national malaria control programs: evidence from Zambia
Conclusions:
When improved through comprehensive parasitologically confirmed case reporting, HMIS data can become a valuable tool for evaluating malaria program scale-up. Using this approach we provide further evidence that increased ITN coverage is associated with decreased malaria morbidity and use of health services for malaria illness in Zambia. These methods and results are broadly relevant for malaria program evaluations currently ongoing in sub-Saharan Africa, especially as routine confirmed case data improve.
Source: Population Health Metrics - Category: Epidemiology Authors: Adam BennettJoshua YukichJohn MillerPenelope VounatsouBusiku HamainzaMercy IngweHawela MoongaMulakwo KamuliwoJoseph KeatingThomas SmithRichard SteketeeThomas Eisele Source Type: research
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