Contribution of the private sector healthcare service providers to malaria diagnosis in a prevention of re-introduction setting

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Sumadhya Deepika Fernando, Priyani Dharmawardana, Geethanee Epasinghe, Niroshana Senanayake, Chaturaka Rodrigo, Risintha Premaratne, Rajitha Wickremasinghe
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2016
• Subjects: Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Colombo
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-016-1570-5; https://doaj.org/article/b0dc9200fdae4686a5aca67ecb858f65

Abstract Background Sri Lanka is currently in the prevention of re-introduction phase of malaria. The engagement of the private sector health care institutions in malaria surveillance is important. The purpose of the study was to determine the number of diagnostic tests carried out, the number of po...