Mass drug administration for malaria
Monica P. Shah, Jimee Hwang, Leslie Choi, Kim A. Lindblade, S. Patrick Kachur, Meghna Desai
Abstract
We stratified analyses by malaria transmission and by malaria species. For cluster-randomized controlled trials (cRCTs), we adjusted standard errors using the intracluster correlation coe icient. We assessed the certainty of the evidence using the GRADE approach. For non-randomized controlled before-and-a er (CBA) studies, we summarized the data using di erence-in-di erences (DiD) analyses.
Topics & Concepts
MedicineRandomized controlled trialRelative riskMeta-analysisConfidence intervalCochrane LibraryMass drug administrationMalariaTransmission (telecommunications)Adverse effectInternal medicineEnvironmental healthImmunologyPopulationElectrical engineeringEngineeringMalaria Research and ControlMosquito-borne diseases and controlHemoglobinopathies and Related Disorders