Last Updated: 17/12/2024
Malaria Control across China-Myanmar Border Areas
Objectives
The objectives of this project are:
- To reduce the malaria burden of frequently mobile Chinese workers crossing the common border with Myanmar from 12 project counties of 5 prefectures in Yunnan; and
- To reduce the malaria burden of Myanmar local residents in 4 Kachin Special Regions of Myanmar bordering with Yunnan.
Principal Institution
Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), China
Partner Institutions
Rationale and Abstract
Strategies:
- To promote comprehensive malaria prevention and care services for 1 million frequently mobile Chinese workers (FMCWs) before going to Myanmar and after coming back from China in the 12 project border counties of Yunnan, China.
- To improve accessibility and quality of malaria control service for FMCWs and Myanmar local residents in the 4 special regions of Myanmar in the China-Myanmar border areas.
- To establish border-crossing malaria surveillance system, information exchange and collaboration mechanism; and strengthen the capacity of health officers in health system management, and malaria control knowledge.
Activities:
- On the China–Myanmar border, 8 mobile medical teams and 73 malaria consultation posts were established to provide malaria diagnosis and treatment services to the mobile workers crossing the border (ref).
Project Outputs
External reference
Themes
Capacity Strengthening
Health Systems
Indigenous Cases & Importation
Leadership & Governance
Measurement of Transmission
Surveillance
Vulnerable Populations
Date
Jul 2007 — Jun 2012
Total Project Funding
$11.87M
Funding Details
The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM), Switzerland
Grant CHN-607-G09-M (Round 6)
Project Site
Related Resources
