Last Updated: 24/01/2018
Containment of artemisinin resistant malaria in hotspots along the Thai-Myanmar border
Objectives
The objectives of this project will be covered through the following activities:
- Mapping of hotspots of malaria transmission intensity and the hotspots of high migration;
- Advocacy and social mobilization will be done to community leaders/ community groups via formal and informal meetings and other Behaviour Change Communication methods;
- Training to health staff/field team, mobile team, community health workers and platoon medics/armed health staff;
- Existing malaria transmission information will be identified through rapid diagnosis test (RDT positivity rates) and Active Case Detection (ACD) will be performed;
- Intense (PCR) screening will be performed to detect asymptomatic carriers;
- Hotspots with a high level of artemisinin resistance will be identified through the analysis of the DNA of falciparum malaria parasites for kelch 13 mutations (a specific marker for artemisinin resistance);
- Targeted Malaria Elimination (TME) in the hotspot; and
- All platoon /armed medics and community health workers will be supplied with RDTs, ACT and Dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine plus primaquine.
Rationale and Abstract
- 156,297 population coverage and 6 total townships (01 July 2015 to 31 December 2017)
- 163,139 population coverage and 3 total townships (01 July 2017 to 31 December 2017)
Thematic Categories
Response Strategies
Social Science
Targeting Foci
Vulnerable Populations
Date
Jul 2015 — Dec 2017
Funding Details
Parent Project
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