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View article: Progress towards malaria elimination: insights from Cambodia's mobile malaria workers during the COVID-19 pandemic
Progress towards malaria elimination: insights from Cambodia's mobile malaria workers during the COVID-19 pandemic Open
Significant progress has been made in Cambodia towards malaria control and the goal of achieving elimination of all species by 2025. These efforts require constant vigilance and agility in malaria programming to maintain forward momentum. …
View article: Malaria knowledge, prevention practices, and care-seeking behavior among Forest-Goers in Cambodia: A mixed-methods formative assessment
Malaria knowledge, prevention practices, and care-seeking behavior among Forest-Goers in Cambodia: A mixed-methods formative assessment Open
Background Cambodia has made significant progress towards achieving malaria elimination by 2025. Cases continue to decrease and are primarily concentrated in forested areas. Forest-goers are most at risk of malaria due to their proximity t…
View article: Cambodia malaria indicator survey 2020: Implications for malaria elimination
Cambodia malaria indicator survey 2020: Implications for malaria elimination Open
Cambodia has made significant progress in controlling malaria in the past decade. It now aims to eliminate malaria from the country by 2025. It launched the Malaria Elimination Action Framework (MEAF 2016-2020) in 2015 with strong politica…
View article: Cost-effectiveness of malaria elimination in Sampov Loun Operational District, Cambodia
Cost-effectiveness of malaria elimination in Sampov Loun Operational District, Cambodia Open
Over the past decade, Cambodia has seen a significant decline in its malaria burden. The government has established the goal of eliminating malaria in the country by 2025. With PMI/USAID support, Cambodia is implementing a package of inter…
View article: Performance of Ultrasensitive Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Detecting Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum
Performance of Ultrasensitive Rapid Diagnostic Tests for Detecting Asymptomatic Plasmodium falciparum Open
Proposed interventions for eliminating drug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria include the targeting of asymptomatic carriers through screening and treatment. We report on the diagnostic performance of the recently developed ultrasens…
View article: Hemolytic Dynamics of Weekly Primaquine Antirelapse Therapy Among Cambodians With Acute Plasmodium vivax Malaria With or Without Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency
Hemolytic Dynamics of Weekly Primaquine Antirelapse Therapy Among Cambodians With Acute Plasmodium vivax Malaria With or Without Glucose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Deficiency Open
Background Hemoglobin (Hb) data are limited in Southeast Asian glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD) deficient (G6PD−) patients treated weekly with the World Health Organization–recommended primaquine regimen (ie, 0.75 mg/kg/week for 8 …
View article: Forest Goers and Multidrug-Resistant Malaria in Cambodia: An Ethnographic Study
Forest Goers and Multidrug-Resistant Malaria in Cambodia: An Ethnographic Study Open
Multidrug-resistant Plasmodium falciparum malaria on the Cambodia–Thailand border is associated with working in forested areas. Beyond broad recognition of “forest-going” as a risk factor for malaria, little is known about different forest…
View article: Smartphones for community health in rural Cambodia: A feasibility study
Smartphones for community health in rural Cambodia: A feasibility study Open
Background: Village Malaria Workers (VMWs) are lay people trained to provide a valuable role in frontline testing and treatment of malaria in rural villages in Cambodia. Emergence of artemisinin-resistant malaria highlights the essential r…
View article: Barriers for pregnant women living in rural, agricultural villages to accessing antenatal care in Cambodia: A community-based cross-sectional study combined with a geographic information system
Barriers for pregnant women living in rural, agricultural villages to accessing antenatal care in Cambodia: A community-based cross-sectional study combined with a geographic information system Open
This study revealed promoting factors and barriers for ANC use among pregnant women living in remote, agricultural villages in Cambodia. Furthermore, this study highlights the importance of measuring travel distances accurately to ensure t…
View article: Post-implementation survey
Post-implementation survey Open
This data shows the results of the survey of village malaria workers on their experiences of using smartphones with a novel software application for collecting data.
View article: Pre-implementation survey
Pre-implementation survey Open
Attitudes of village malaria workers to their role and smartphone use, prior to the introduction of smartphones with a novel software application for data collection
View article: VILLAGE MALARIA WORKER PERFORMANCE KEY TO THE ELIMINATION OF ARTEMISININ-RESISTANT MALARIA: A WESTERN CAMBODIA HEALTH SYSTEM ASSESSMENT
VILLAGE MALARIA WORKER PERFORMANCE KEY TO THE ELIMINATION OF ARTEMISININ-RESISTANT MALARIA: A WESTERN CAMBODIA HEALTH SYSTEM ASSESSMENT Open
Background: Village malaria workers (VMWs) and mobile malaria workers (MMWs) are a critical component of Cambodia's national strategy to eliminate Plasmodium falciparum malaria by 2025. Since 2004, VMWs have been providing malaria diagnosi…
View article: The use of respondent-driven sampling to assess malaria knowledge, treatment-seeking behaviours and preventive practices among mobile and migrant populations in a setting of artemisinin resistance in Western Cambodia
The use of respondent-driven sampling to assess malaria knowledge, treatment-seeking behaviours and preventive practices among mobile and migrant populations in a setting of artemisinin resistance in Western Cambodia Open
Barriers in access to malaria prevention and case management were common among MMPs, with marked variation by site. Resolving both nation-wide and MMP-specific challenges will require targeted interventions that take into account this hete…
View article: Village malaria worker performance key to the elimination of artemisinin-resistant malaria: a Western Cambodia health system assessment
Village malaria worker performance key to the elimination of artemisinin-resistant malaria: a Western Cambodia health system assessment Open
VMW/MMW job performance must be increased from 80 to 100 % in order to achieve elimination. In order to do this, it is recommended for the national malaria programme to eliminate worker malaria knowledge gaps. Barriers to DOT implementatio…
View article: Evaluation of intensified behaviour change communication strategies in an artemisinin resistance setting
Evaluation of intensified behaviour change communication strategies in an artemisinin resistance setting Open
The use of iBCC supported positive improvements in both attitudes and behaviours among the population with regard to malaria compared to mass media (niBCC) only. The significantly increase in people seeking treatment for fever in iBCC vill…
View article: Reactive case-detection of malaria in Pailin Province, Western Cambodia: lessons from a year-long evaluation in a pre-elimination setting
Reactive case-detection of malaria in Pailin Province, Western Cambodia: lessons from a year-long evaluation in a pre-elimination setting Open
This study found that RACD identified very few secondary infections when targeting index and neighbouring households for screening. The results suggest RACD is not appropriate, where exposure to malaria occurs away from the community, and …