Table 2 APMEN country partner strategies for disseminating malaria health information to populations at higher risk
BGD | BTN | KHM | CHN | PRK | IDN | MYS | NPL | PHL | KOR | SLB | THA | VUT | VNM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Strategies deployed across different risk groups | ||||||||||||||
Same strategy for all | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||
Mix of strategies | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
Key messages | ||||||||||||||
Prevention and personal protection (e.g. net usage, treated clothing) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
Malaria signs and symptoms | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||
Encouraging treatment-seeking | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||
Encouraging prompt diagnosis | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||
Compliance with treatment | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||
Channels | ||||||||||||||
Printed materials (i.e. leaflets, pamphlets) | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||
Mass media (i.e. broadcast, news, TV, radio) | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
Campaign days (i.e. World Malaria Day, LLIN distributions, health surveys) | • | • | • | • | ||||||||||
Community Action Group | • | • | • | |||||||||||
Billboards | • | • | ||||||||||||
Schools | • | • | • | |||||||||||
Delivered by | ||||||||||||||
Community health workers | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||
Malaria health volunteers | • | • | • | • | • | • | • | |||||||
Employer (i.e. rubber company, military, construction project company) | • | • | • | • | • | • | ||||||||
Local representatives/authorities | ⊙ | • | • | |||||||||||
School teachers | • | • | • | |||||||||||
Epidemiology/entomology research teams | • | |||||||||||||
Social organizations | • | • | ||||||||||||