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Rolling out radical cure for vivax malaria in Asia: a qualitative study among policy makers and stakeholders
Objectives
This is a qualitative research study to explore the current policies guiding the treatment plans on P. vivax malaria, and the factors affecting the implementation of radical cure in South/South East Asian and Asian Pacific countries.
Wide-spread implementation of treatment regimens for the radical cure of vivax malaria is hindered by a range of factors. This has resulted in an increase in the relative proportion of vivax malaria and is an important obstacle in the achievement of global malaria elimination by 2030. The main objective of this study was to explore the current policies guiding the treatment plans on vivax malaria, and the factors affecting the implementation of radical cure in South/South East Asian and Asian Pacific countries.
This was a qualitative study among respondents who represented national malaria control programmes (NMCPs) or had a role and influence in the national malaria policies. 33 respondents from 17 countries in South/South East Asia and Asia Pacific participated in interviews between October 15 and December 15, 2020. Semi-structured interviews were conducted virtually except for two face to face interviews and audio-recorded. Transcribed audio-records underwent thematic analysis using QSR NVivo.
Oct 2020 — Dec 2020
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