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 What We Do
We
pursue seven objectives in our goal to contain artemisinin-tolerant
Plasmodium falciparum (Pf) parasites by removing
selection pressure and reducing and ultimately eliminating falciparum malaria.
The
objectives are:
1. To
eliminate artemisinin tolerant parasites by
detecting all malaria cases in target areas and ensuring effective treatment
and gametocyte clearance.
2. To
decrease drug pressure for selection of artemisinin
tolerant malaria parasites by encouraging private sector providers not to
promote monotherapies (artemisinin
drugs alone) but artemisinin-based combinations
instead.
3. To
prevent transmission of artemisinin tolerant
malaria parasites by mosquito control and personal protection.
4. To
limit the spread of artemisinin tolerant malaria
parasites by mobile/migrant populations.
5. To
support containment/elimination of artemisinin
tolerant parasites through comprehensive behavior change communication (BCC),
community mobilization and advocacy.
6. To
undertake basic and operational research to fill knowledge gaps and ensure
that strategies applied are evidence-based.
7. To
provide effective management, surveillance and coordination to enable rapid
and high quality implementation of the strategy.
Our
activities to date
ü Recruitment
and training of a large number health care workers
ü Procurement
and distribution of effective treatment
ü Large-scale
long lasting insecticide treated nets and hammock nets to the residential and
migrant populations in targeted zones in Cambodia
and Thailand
ü Strengthening
surveillance activities to remote areas
ü Free
early diagnosis and treatment of malaria at the village level
ü 24-hour
health facilities to do rapid diagnostic tests and treat malaria
ü Intensive
surveillance of positive cases
ü Education
programmes
ü Research
ü Innovative
means to reach mobile populations
ü Concerted
efforts and stringent measures to stop the sale of fake and substandard drugs
ü Pilot
intensive screening in most malaria-affected border villages
A
malaria clinic in Chanthaburi province provide free
service of malaria diagnosis and treatment WHO/Nuttakarn
Sumon
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