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Franco Pagnoni
Researcher at World Health Organization
Publications - 41
Citations - 1772
Franco Pagnoni is an academic researcher from World Health Organization. The author has contributed to research in topics: Malaria & Population. The author has an hindex of 22, co-authored 36 publications receiving 1652 citations. Previous affiliations of Franco Pagnoni include World Bank.
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Early treatment of childhood fevers with pre‐packaged antimalarial drugs in the home reduces severe malaria morbidity in Burkina Faso
Sodiomon B. Sirima,A. T. Konate,Alfred B. Tiono,Nathalie Convelbo,Simon Cousens,Franco Pagnoni +5 more
TL;DR: The findings support the view that, after appropriate training and with adequately packaged drugs made available, mothers can recognize and treat promptly and correctly malarial episodes in their children and, by doing so, reduce the incidence of severe disease.
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A community-based programme to provide prompt and adequate treatment of presumptive malaria in children
TL;DR: The experience shows that a low-cost, community-based intervention aimed at providing children with prompt and adequate treatment of presumptive episodes of clinical malaria is feasible, and suggests that it may lead to a reduction in the morbidity from severe malaria.
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Feasibility and acceptability of artemisinin-based combination therapy for the home management of malaria in four African sites
IkeOluwapo O. Ajayi,Edmund N. L. Browne,Bertha Garshong,Fred Bateganya,Bidemi O Yusuf,Peter Agyei-Baffour,Leticia Doamekpor,Andrew Balyeku,Kaendi M Munguti,Simon Cousens,Franco Pagnoni +10 more
TL;DR: ACTs can be successfully integrated into the Home Management of Malaria strategy, and almost all caregivers perceived ACT to be effective, and no severe adverse events were reported.
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Community case management of malaria using ACT and RDT in two districts in Zambia: achieving high adherence to test results using community health workers
TL;DR: CHWs are effective delivery points for prompt and effective malaria case management at community level and adherence to test results is the best ever reported in Zambia.
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Integrated community case management of fever in children under five using rapid diagnostic tests and respiratory rate counting: a multi-country cluster randomized trial.
David Mukanga,Alfred B. Tiono,Thomas Anyorigiya,Karin Källander,Amadou T. Konaté,Abraham Oduro,James K Tibenderana,Lucas Amenga-Etego,Sodiomon B. Sirima,Simon Cousens,Guy Barnish,Franco Pagnoni +11 more
TL;DR: This effectiveness trial conducted in Burkina Faso, Ghana, and Uganda, compared a diagnostic and treatment package for malaria and pneumonia with presumptive treatment with anti-malarial drugs; artemisinin combination therapy (ACT).