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ArticlePublic health action2018

Three parallel information systems for malaria elimination in Swaziland, 2010-2015: are the numbers the same?

Z Zulu, S Kunene, N Mkhonta, P Owiti, W Sikhondze, M Mhlanga, Z Simelane, E Geoffroy, R Zachariah

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Article in Public health action, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors.

Z ZuluNational Malaria Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Manzini, Swaziland.
S KuneneNational Malaria Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Manzini, Swaziland.
N MkhontaNational Malaria Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Manzini, Swaziland.
P OwitiAcademic Model Providing Access to Healthcare (AMPATH), Eldoret, Kenya.
W SikhondzeMinistry of Health, Mbabane, Swaziland.
M MhlangaEpidemic, Preparedness and Response Unit, Ministry of Health, Ezulwini, Swaziland.
Z SimelaneStrategic Information Department, Ministry of Health, Mbabane, Swaziland.
E GeoffroyGlobal AIDS Interfaith Alliance, San Rafael, California, USA.
R ZachariahOperational Centre Brussels, Médecins Sans Frontières, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

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Health Management Information Systemsmalaria eliminationmalaria reportingmalaria surveillanceSORT IT

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PMID29713588
PMCPMC5912415

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