Effectiveness of the innovative 1,7-malaria reactive community-based testing and response (1, 7-mRCTR) approach on malaria burden reduction in Southeastern Tanzania.
Yeromin P MlachaDuoquan WangProsper P ChakiTegemeo GavanaZhengbin ZhouMihayo G MichaelRashid KhatibGodlove ChilaHajirani M MsuyaExavery ChakiChristina MakunguKangming LinErnest TamboSusan F RumishaSigsbert MkudeMuhidin K MahendeFrank ChackyPenelope VounatsouMarcel TannerHonorati MasanjaMaru AregawiEllen HertzmarkNing XiaoSalim AbdullaXiao-Nong ZhouPublished in: Malaria journal (2020)
The 1,7-mRCTR approach significantly reduced the malaria burden in the areas of high transmission in rural southern Tanzania. This locally tailored approach could accelerate malaria control and elimination efforts. The results provide the impetus for further evaluation of the effectiveness and scaling up of this approach in other high malaria burden countries in Africa, including Tanzania.