Trial reportMalaria journal2011
Cost analysis of school-based intermittent screening and treatment of malaria in Kenya.
Trial report in Malaria journal, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00878007 (Impact of Malaria Prevention on Health and Education in Kenyan Schoolchildren), which is not on this map. Cited by 16 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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Impact of Malaria Prevention on Health and Education in Kenyan Schoolchildren
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16 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- The economic burden of malaria in Africa: a systematic review of cost of illness studies.Malaria journal · 2025Pooled it
- Targeted Testing and Treatment To Reduce Human Malaria Transmission in High-Risk Populations: A Systematic Review.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Pooled it
- Costs and Cost-Effectiveness of Malaria Control Interventions: A Systematic Literature Review.Value in health : the journal of the International Society for Pharmacoeconomics and Outcomes Research · 2021Pooled it
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- Impact of intermittent screening and treatment for malaria among school children in Kenya: a cluster randomised trial.PLoS medicine · 2014Trial
- A framework for identifying cost efficiencies in malaria routine data quality audits: methodology and application in Zambia.Malaria journal · 2026Article
- Malaria control and elimination in Kenya: economy-wide benefits and regional disparities.Malaria journal · 2023Article
- Combining school-catchment area models with geostatistical models for analysing school survey data from low-resource settings: Inferential benefits and limitations.Spatial statistics · 2022Article
- Large-scale delivery of seasonal malaria chemoprevention to children under 10 in Senegal: an economic analysis.Health policy and planning · 2017Article
- Cost analysis of a school-based comprehensive malaria program in primary schools in Sikasso region, Mali.BMC public health · 2017Article
- Optimising cluster survey design for planning schistosomiasis preventive chemotherapy.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017Article
- Malaria in school-age children in Africa: an increasingly important challenge.Tropical medicine & international health : TM & IH · 2014Review
- Cost analysis of the development and implementation of a spatial decision support system for malaria elimination in Solomon Islands.Malaria journal · 2014Article
- Modeling the cost effectiveness of malaria control interventions in the highlands of western Kenya.PloS one · 2014Article
- Protocol-driven primary care and community linkages to improve population health in rural Zambia: the Better Health Outcomes through Mentoring and Assessment (BHOMA) project.BMC health services research · 2013Article
- Local perceptions of intermittent screening and treatment for malaria in school children on the south coast of Kenya.Malaria journal · 2012Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe control of malaria in schools is receiving increasing attention, but there remains currently no consensus as to the optimal intervention strategy. This paper analyses the costs of intermittent screening and treatment (IST) of malaria in schools, implemented as part of a cluster-randomized controlled trial on the Kenyan coast.
methodsFinancial and economic costs were estimated using an ingredients approach whereby all resources required in the delivery of IST are quantified and valued. Sensitivity analysis was conducted to investigate how programme variation affects costs and to identify potential cost savings in the future implementation of IST.
resultsThe estimated financial cost of IST per child screened is US$ 6.61 (economic cost US$ 6.24). Key contributors to cost were salary costs (36%) and malaria rapid diagnostic tests (RDT) (22%). Almost half (47%) of the intervention cost comprises redeployment of existing resources including health worker time and use of hospital vehicles. Sensitivity analysis identified changes to intervention delivery that can reduce programme costs by 40%, including use of alternative RDTs and removal of supervised treatment. Cost-effectiveness is also likely to be highly sensitive to the proportion of children found to be RDT-positive.
conclusionIn the current context, school-based IST is a relatively expensive malaria intervention, but reducing the complexity of delivery can result in considerable savings in the cost of intervention. (Costs are reported in US$ 2010).
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