Malaria rapid diagnostic test (HRP2/pLDH) positivity, incidence, care accessibility and impact of community WASH Action programme in DR Congo: mixed method study involving 625 households.
Nlandu Roger NgatuBasilua Andre MuzemboNattadech ChoomplangSakiko KanbaraRoger WumbaMitsunori IkedaEtongola Papy MbelambelaSifa Marie-Joelle MuchangaTomoko SuzukiKoji WadaHasan Al MahfuzTomohiko SugishitaHiroyuki MiyazakiShunya IkedaTomohiro HiraoPublished in: Malaria journal (2021)
This research showed high prevalence of positive malaria RDT among the responders and high household malaria incidence, which were reduced by a 6-month WASH intervention. DRC government should scale up malaria control strategy by integrating efficient indoor and outdoor preventive measures and improve malaria care accessibility.