The 2019 Isdell:Flowers Cross Border Malaria Initiative Round Table: community engagement in the context of malaria elimination

Abstract Government officials, representatives from malaria endemic communities, and nonprofit, academic, and private sector partners convened at the 2019 Isdell:Flowers Cross Border Malaria Initiative Round Table in Livingstone, Zambia from February 28–March 1, 2019 to discuss the necessity of comm...

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Published in:Malaria Journal
Main Authors: Alexandra Gordon, Rebecca J. Vander Meulen, Alysse Maglior
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019
Subjects:
Community engagement
Community participation
Malaria elimination
Cross border
Community health workers
Faith leaders
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Livingstone
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-019-3054-x
https://doaj.org/article/13aa1046904d47a7befd8672423a1eae
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Summary:Abstract Government officials, representatives from malaria endemic communities, and nonprofit, academic, and private sector partners convened at the 2019 Isdell:Flowers Cross Border Malaria Initiative Round Table in Livingstone, Zambia from February 28–March 1, 2019 to discuss the necessity of community engagement and the involvement of those directly affected by malaria in malaria elimination efforts. Participants shared practical examples and principles of successful community engagement over the course of the Round Table. Three core principles of effective community engagement emerged: (1) there is no “one size fits all” community engagement strategy, (2) community engagement must be a bidirectional activity, and (3) community members must be at the heart of malaria elimination efforts.

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