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Table 2 Proposed interventions and delivery channels

From: High mobility, low access thwarts interventions among seasonal workers in the Greater Mekong Sub-region: lessons from the malaria containment project

Delivery mechanisms

Stage of journey

Strategic area

Categories of MMPs

Forest workers

Construction workers

Seasonal workers

Retail sales (subsidized); voucher system

Lending scheme; retail sale; voucher system

Lending scheme; retail sale; voucher system

Behaviour change communication

Pre-departure en route upon arrival

Prevention

Mass media; taxi driver scheme

Mass media; IPC through MMWs; taxi driver scheme

Mass media; IPC through MMWs; taxi driver scheme

LLINs

Pre-departure en route upon arrival

Prevention

Forest package; taxi driver scheme

Forest package; taxi driver scheme; LLIN/ITN lending scheme

Forest package; taxi driver scheme; LLIN/ITN lending scheme

Diagnosis treatment

Upon arrival

EDAT

MMWs; stand-by treatment

MMWs; company health workers;

MMWs

MMP-surveillance

Upon arrival

Surveillance

Local authorities

Local authorities; company

Local authorities; plantation/farm owner/manager

MMP-malaria information systems

Upon arrival

Malaria surveillance

mHealth; private/public private mix

mHealth; private/PPM; MMWs

mHealth; private/PPM; MMWs