Community participation during two mass anti-malarial administrations in Cambodia: lessons from a joint workshop

Abstract Two mass drug administrations (MDA) against falciparum malaria were conducted in 2015–16, one as operational research in northern Cambodia, and the other as a clinical trial in western Cambodia. During an April 2017 workshop in Phnom Penh the field teams from Médecins Sans Frontières and th...

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Published in:Malaria Journal
Main Authors: Thomas J. Peto, Mark Debackere, William Etienne, Lieven Vernaeve, Rupam Tripura, Gregoire Falq, Chan Davoeung, Chea Nguon, Huy Rekol, Lorenz von Seidlein, Arjen M. Dondorp, Nou Sanann, Phaik Yeong Cheah, Martin De Smet, Christopher Pell, Jean-Marie Kindermans
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018
Subjects:
Cambodia
Community engagement
Dihydroartemisinin–piperaquine
Malaria elimination
Mass drug administration
Plasmodium falciparum
Arctic medicine. Tropical medicine
RC955-962
Infectious and parasitic diseases
RC109-216
Arctic
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12936-018-2202-z
https://doaj.org/article/6575cb688b3447f297906d4979abe272
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Summary:Abstract Two mass drug administrations (MDA) against falciparum malaria were conducted in 2015–16, one as operational research in northern Cambodia, and the other as a clinical trial in western Cambodia. During an April 2017 workshop in Phnom Penh the field teams from Médecins Sans Frontières and the Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit discussed lessons for future MDAs.

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