Community-based malaria control in southern Malawi: a description of experimental interventions of community workshops, house improvement and larval source management.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Increased engagement of communities has been emphasized in global plans for malaria control and elimination. Three interventions to reinforce and complement national malaria control recommendations were developed and applied within the context of a broad-based development initiative, targeting a rural population surrounding a wildlife reserve. The interventions, which were part of a 2-year research trial, and assigned to the village level, were implemented through trained local volunteers, or 'health animators', who educated the community and facilitated collective action.

Results

Community workshops on malaria were designed to increase uptake of national recommendations; a manual was developed, and training of health animators conducted, with educational content

SUBMITTER: van den Berg H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6048888 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature