Table 3 Methodology overview of studies on malaria among displaced populations
From: Improving diagnostics and surveillance of malaria among displaced people in Africa
Study Location | Study Design | Participant Selection | Diagnostic Methods | Key Metrics Assessed | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sofala and Cabo Delgado, Mozambique | Surveillance study | IDP sites in Sofala and Cabo Delgado | RDTs, assessment of COVID-19 symptoms, HIV risk | Malaria prevalence, COVID-19 symptom prevalence, HIV screening referral rates | Di Gennaro et al. 2022 |
Northern Zambia | Malaria prevalence, COVID-19 symptom prevalence, HIV screening referral rates | Refugee and local children with severe malaria | Multivariable regression models, geospatial visualization | Malaria prevalence, in-hospital mortality, malnutrition rates | Hauser et al. 2022 |
Eastern DRC, IDP camp | Prospective community-based survey | 100 Febrile Children Under 5Â years of age from the IDP camp | Malaria case detection efficiency, symptom-based screening effectiveness | Malaria case detection efficiency, symptom-based screening effectiveness | Hamze et al. 2016 |
Displacement camp, DRC | Cross-sectional surveys | Children in camp vs. nearby village | RDTs for P. falciparum, demographic and clinical data collection | P. falciparum prevalence, febrile illness attributable to malaria | Charchuk et al. 2016 |
General Hospitals in Ebonyi State, Nigeria | Comparative study | Patients with clinical malaria symptoms | Microscopy, RDT, nested PCR | Diagnostic accuracy of microscopy vs. RDT | Ugah et al. 2017 |
NorthWest, Central African Republic | Retrospective review of patient registers | Consultations with CHWs | RDT | Malaria positivity rates, treatment with ACT | Ruckstuhl et al. 2017 |
Ardamata IDP camp, Sudan | Cross-sectional study | Patients with suspected malaria | Nested PCR | Malaria prevalence, species identification | Eshag et al. 2020 |
Non-endemic countries | Evaluation of diagnostic tool | Travelers, migrants, refugees with suspected malaria | FRET-qPCR | Diagnostic accuracy, species identification | Schneider et al. 2021 |
South Sudan | In-depth appraisal according to WHO standard procedures | Documents on malaria control, internal assessments, and field reviews by external teams | Not specified | Progress and challenges in malaria control interventions, resource constraints, health system evaluation | Pasquale et al., 2013 |
North Wollo zone, Ethiopia | Descriptive qualitative study | 100 purposively selected participants (patients, pregnant women, elders, community/religious leaders, health professionals) | Not specified (qualitative interviews and focus groups) | Health consequences of conflict, including the impact on health services and infrastructure, coping strategies for healthcare | Arage et al., 2023 |
Eight countries in sub-Saharan Africa Cameroon,DRC, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, and Uganda) | Qualitative, in-depth interviews | 179 participants including CHWs, health center managers, parents, and national decision-makers | Thematic analysis of transcribed verbal responses | Perceptions and attitudes towards SMC and IPTi, challenges to coverage and acceptance, efficacy perceptions | Audibert & Tchouatieu, 2021 |