Learning outcomes

When you have studied this session, you should know: 

• Describe how malaria testing is done.
• Demonstrate malaria testing using a rapid diagnostic test (RDT).
• Properly read and record RDT results.
• Explain malaria treatment guidelines for simple malaria.
• Treat malaria patients correctly.
• Identify patients that should not be treated but referred.
• Correctly give pre-referral treatment to eligible children using rectal artesunate.
• Correctly complete the referral note.