About the Authors

Caroline O. H. Jones

cjones@kilifi.kemri-wellcome.org

Affiliations Health Systems and Social Science Research, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Kilifi, Kenya, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Beatrice Wasunna

Affiliation Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya

Raymond Sudoi

Affiliation Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya

Sophie Githinji

Affiliation Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya

Robert W. Snow

Affiliations Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya

Dejan Zurovac

Affiliations Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, Centre for Tropical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Malaria Public Health and Epidemiology Group, KEMRI-Wellcome Trust Research Programme, Nairobi, Kenya, Center for Global Health and Development, Boston University, Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: BW DZ RWS. Performed the experiments: BW RS SG. Analyzed the data: CJ. Wrote the paper: CJ DZ. Analysed the data and produced the first draft of the manuscript: CJ Involved in the design of the study and conducted the interviews with the health workers: BW Involved in the study design: RS Involved in the analysis: SG Conceived the idea for and designed the RCT study: DZ RWS Critically reviewed the paper and approved the final version: BW DZ RWS SG RS CJ.