Knowledge, attitudes, and practices regarding malaria control among the slash and burn cultivators in Rangamati Hill tracts of Bangladesh

• Published in: Malaria Journal
• Main Authors: Avijit Saha, Malabika Sarker, Moktadir Kabir, Guangyu Lu, Olaf Müller
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: BMC 2019
• Subjects: KAP study; Malaria; Slash and burn cultivator; Risk factors; Bangladesh; Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine; RC955-962; Infectious and parasitic diseases; RC109-216; Arctic; Kap
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-2849-0; https://doaj.org/article/0fc3d34c86024812829e6865366b085a

Abstract Background Slash and burn cultivators are a significant risk group for malaria in South-East Asia. As envisaged in the National Strategic Plan for Malaria Elimination, Bangladesh aims to achieve zero indigenous malaria transmission by 2030. For the national plan to move from malaria control...