Evaluation of the effectiveness and cost effectiveness of a Community-delivered Integrated Malaria Elimination (CIME) model in Myanmar: protocol for an open stepped-wedge cluster-randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

In the Greater Mekong Subregion, community health workers, known as malaria volunteers, have played a key role in reducing malaria in the control phase, providing essential malaria services in areas with limited formal healthcare. However, the motivation and social role of malaria volunteers, and testing rates, have declined with decreasing malaria burden and reorientation of malaria programmes from control to elimination. Provision of additional interventions for common health concerns could help sustain the effectiveness of volunteers and maintain malaria testing rates required for malaria elimination accreditation by the WHO.

Methods and analysis

The Community-delivered Integrated Malaria Elimination (CIME) volunteer model, integrating interventions for malar

SUBMITTER: Oo WH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8365797 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature