Intensifying Malaria Control and Accelerating Progress Towards Malaria Elimination in High Transmission and Hard-to-reach Areas

Project Title: Intensifying Malaria Control and Accelerating Progress Towards Malaria Elimination in High Transmission and Hard-to-reach Areas
Donor:
GF-RAI2E grant
Principal Recipient:
UNOPS
Implementing Sub-Recipient:
Medical Action Myanmar - C
Date:
01 December 2018 to 31 December 2020

Key Activities

• Provide diagnosis by testing for all suspected cases and treatment for all the positive malaria cases in static communities, mobile, migrant populations • Initiate active case finding at communities and at work sites and other sites with mobile/migrant populations • Train the village health workers (VHW) for malaria at Malaria Field Sites (MFS) and for referral for severe and complicated cases to nearest hospitals • Conduct mobile field team visits to mobile/migrant populations for an Active Case Detection (ACD) of malaria in addition to passive case detection. • Conduct health education sessions in the community to promote awareness of malaria and to promote malaria services by VHWs • Conduct field monitoring visits by the mobile field teams to monitor the malaria services by the VHWs and to provide supportive supervisions and on-site trainings.

CSV
Results from Jan-Dec 2023
Location Total Population Target Population Tested Number of suspected malaria cases received parasitological test Positive Case Number of malaria cases received antimalarial treatment
Paletwa N/A N/A 72446 10372
Mawlaik N/A N/A 6728 8
Hpakant N/A N/A 10266 4
Mingin N/A N/A 2857 2
Machanbaw N/A N/A 1029 1
Nanyun N/A N/A 6178 7
Myitkyina N/A N/A 4463 63
Paungbyin N/A N/A 12261 6
Nawngmun N/A N/A 1947 1
Tamu N/A N/A 2591 0
Puta-O N/A N/A 9300 0
Tanai N/A N/A 4171 68
Kawkareik N/A N/A 1443 8
Kyainseikgyi N/A N/A 31885 862
Thandaunggyi N/A N/A 24552 17
Ye N/A N/A 8078 62
Hkamti N/A N/A 3012 6
Homalin N/A N/A 950 3
Kale N/A N/A 5681 5
Kalewa N/A N/A 1308 0
Lahe N/A N/A 4560 0