Effectiveness of Smartphone-Based Community Case Management on the Urgent Referral, Reconsultation, and Hospitalization of Children Aged Under 5 Years in Malawi: Cluster-Randomized, Stepped-Wedge Trial

Griphin Baxter Chirambo   ^{1, 2} , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Matthew Thompson   ³ , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Victoria Hardy   ³ , BSc, MSc ;   Nicole Ide   ³ , BA, MA ;   Phillip H Hwang   ³ , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Kanika Dharmayat   ⁴ , BSc, MPH ;   Nikolaos Mastellos   ⁴ , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Ciara Heavin   ⁵ , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Yvonne O'Connor   ⁵ , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Adamson S Muula   ⁶ , BSc, MSc, MPhil, PhD ;   Bo Andersson   ⁷ , BSc, MSc, DPhil, PhD ;   Sven Carlsson   ⁷ , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Tammy Tran   ⁴ , BSc, MSc ;   Jenny Chen-Ling Hsieh   ⁸ , BSc, MSc ;   Hsin-Yi Lee   ⁸ , BA, MA ;   Annette Fitzpatrick   ³ , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   Tsung-Shu Joseph Wu   ⁸ , BSc, MSc, PhD ;   John O'Donoghue   ^{2, 4} , BSc, MSc, PhD

¹ Faculty of Health Sciences, Mzuzu University, Mzuzu, Malawi

² Malawi eHealth Research Center, University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

³ University of Washington, Seatle, WA, United States

⁴ Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

⁵ University College Cork, Cork, Ireland

⁶ College of Medicine, University of Malawi, Blantyre, Malawi

⁷ Lund University, Lund, Sweden

⁸ Luke International Norway, Mzuzu, Malawi