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Assessment of net lending strategy to better reach mobile and migrant populations in malaria endemic areas of Cambodia.
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Infectious diseases of poverty [Infect Dis Poverty] 2018 Oct 18; Vol. 7 (1), pp. 107. Date of Electronic Publication: 2018 Oct 18. - Publication Year :
- 2018
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Abstract
- Background: In Cambodia, internal migration involves migrants moving from non-malaria endemic areas to malaria endemic areas and vice versa. The majority of them work in farms or forests with various malaria transmission levels. In Cambodia, as one of the national approaches to ensure LLIN accessibility and use among mobile and migrant populations (MMPs), a lending scheme of long lasting insecticide treated nets (LLINs) was initiated among farm workers. Through this net lending program, LLINs and long-lasting insecticide treated hammock nets (LLIHNs) will be distributed annually at workplace (e.g. longstanding farms, plantations, industrial sites, as identified by operational district and health center staff) on a ratio of one LLIN per one worker. The main objective of this study is to assess MMPs' accessibility to LLINs through a lending scheme with plantation owners in remote malaria endemic areas of Cambodia.<br />Methods: The study used a cross-sectional survey among MMPs using two-stage cluster sampling method. The sampling frame is the list of farms in the four provinces of Banteay Meanchey, Battambang, Pailin, and Pursat in western and northwestern Cambodia bordering with Thailand where the LLIN lending scheme was implemented and where an estimated 100 000 MMPs worked annually. The assessment was carried out from January to February 2013 in these four provinces. It was estimated that 768 workers would be required.<br />Results: A total of 702 MMPs were interviewed. The ratio of male: female is 1:1. The age group of 21-60 was the largest accounting for 77.6%. About 91% of the MMPs stayed on the farm for less than 6 months. 93.2% of them owned either untreated or insecticide treated nets. LLINs and LLIHNs accounted for 89.5%; and 46.6% of them borrowed the nets from a lending scheme. Among those workers who have LLINs/LLIHNs, 99% slept under LLINs/LLIHNs the night before. However, only 87.4% knew that sleeping under LLINs/LLIHNs protects against malaria.<br />Conclusions: LLIN lending scheme provides an important delivery channel for a substantial percentage of net accessibility (46.6%) to the Cambodian national free-net distribution campaign in remote malaria endemic areas.
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- Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Cambodia epidemiology
Cross-Sectional Studies
Farmers
Female
Geography
Humans
Malaria parasitology
Malaria transmission
Male
Middle Aged
Mosquito Control
Population Surveillance
Surveys and Questionnaires
Young Adult
Malaria epidemiology
Malaria prevention & control
Mosquito Nets
Transients and Migrants
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- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 2049-9957
- Volume :
- 7
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- MEDLINE
- Journal :
- Infectious diseases of poverty
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 30340543
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s40249-018-0489-1