Targeting populations at higher risk for malaria: a survey of national malaria elimination programmes in the Asia Pacific

Table 3 Targeted interventions for screening, treatment, and prevention of malaria in populations at higher risk among APMEN country partners

	BGD	BTN	KHM	CHN	PRK	IDN	MYS	NPL	PHL	KOR	SLB	THA	VUT	VNM
Diagnostic screening or testing
Of overseas UN peacekeepers upon return	•							•
Of military							•	•
Of incoming migrant workers at borders		•					•	⊙
Of incoming foreign students, volunteers							•
Of returning overseas workers				•
Of individuals moving between endemic and non-endemic regions within the same country						•							⊙
Of workers at logging camps, plantations, native settlements in malarious area						•	•		•
Treatment
Available at health facility		•						•				•	•	•
Prevention
Personal protection and vector control										•
Long-lasting insecticide treated net	•	•			•	•		•	•		•	•	•	•
Indoor residual spraying		•							•
Spatial repellents		•						•			•			•
Chemoprophylaxis
For military							•
For pregnant women													•
For travelers								•	•	•
For individuals moving between endemic and non-endemic regions								⊙
Mass drug administration
Implemented					•								■	■
Planned or piloted	⊙		⊙

■ Conditional MDA (e.g. VNM only applies MDA with ACTs in case of outbreaks), ⊙ Small-scale pilot or in planning stages only
BGD Bangladesh, BTN Bhutan, KHM Cambodia, CHN China, PRK Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, IDN Indonesia, MYS Malaysia, NPL Nepal, PHL Philippines, KOR Republic of Korea, SLB Solomon Islands, THA Thailand, VUT Vanuatu, VNM Vietnam

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