Intensified Malaria control along the Myanmar-China border

Objectives

This program aims to improve the health status and life expectancy of people living in the five Special Regions of Myanmar bordering China, to contribute to the regional effort to prevent the further development and spread of artemisinin resistance and to indirectly support China’s national malaria program.

Specific objectives:

1. To improve access to diagnostic and treatment services (including the establishment of 20 new border malaria posts at informal border crossing points to provide diagnosis and treatment for migrants crossing the border).
2. To improve access to long-lasting insecticide-treated bednets (LLINs) for Myanmar residents and Chinese migrant populations;
3. To maximize the utilization of preventive, diagnostic and treatment services through the production of IEC materials and through communication for behaviour change (BCC); and
4. To strengthen project implementation, management and information exchange and enhance the efficiency of cross-border malaria control.