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Integration of maternal, neonatal, and child health services and malaria control activities to achieve malaria elimination and better maternal and child health in Cambodia
Objectives
This intervention study integrated malaria control and Maternal Neonatal and Child Health (MNCH) services through network of community health workers (Village Malaria Workers (VMWs)) to promote malaria elimination and improve continuum of care for MNCH in Cambodia.
Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology (TUAT), Japan
Keiko Nanishi
Kimiyo Kikuchi
Tetsuya Mizutani
Akira Nishiyama
Masamine Jimba
A baseline survey was first conducted by interviews and Geographic Information System and examined promoting factors and barriers for MNCH service use and malaria prevention among pregnant women and mothers with children under two. Based on the results, an intervention program was developed and conducted for two years in collaboration with local health center staff and VMWs. The program consisted mainly of regular heath check-ups for pregnant women and infants, active detection of malaria, and education programs on danger signs during pregnancy and infancy, child nutrition, and malaria control. This program can be a model to integrate and deliver different health services efficiently in resource-limited settings in Asia.
Apr 2015 — Mar 2020
$141,170
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