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With stalling of progress in malaria control globally, and with Nigeria as the worst hit, the need to review implementation strategies, including the training of health workers in Primary Health Care facilities, towards an effective malaria control implementation process. This was an observational-comparative study which compared knowledge and practices of health workers between Global Fund-supported and non-Global Fund supported Primary Health Care (PHC) facilities. There was a significantly positive difference in knowledge and practices in Global Fund-supported facilities who had received more trainings in terms of diagnosis, malaria case management, Health Management Information System, and Logistics Management Information System. There is a need for structured trainings for health workers in PHCs to ensure health systems development, and ultimately, effective malaria control.

Health Facility, Training, Health Workers

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