Journal article
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
WH Oo, A Thi, W Htike, PA Agius, JC Cutts, KM Win, NY Yi Linn, WP Than, GN Hkawng, KM Thu, MC Oo, K O'Flaherty, E Kearney, N Scott, PP Phyu, AT Htet, O Myint, L Lwin Yee, ZP Thant, A Mon Show all
BMJ Open | Published : 2021
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 Integ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
This study was funded by an operational research grant (2018-21) from The Global Fund through United Nations Office for Project Services (Grant Number: 20864-003-38), with Dr Win Han Oo and Professor Freya Fowkes as principal investigators. Additional funding support was also received from the Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (Career Development Fellowship (#1166753) and Australian Centre of Research Excellence in Malaria Elimination to FJIF (#1134989). The Burnet Institute is funded by a Victorian State Government Operational Infrastructure Support grant. Investigators from Myanmar NMCP are government staff and their salaries and infrastructure are contributed by Myanmar Ministry of Health and Sports. The funders have no input on the design of the study, collection, analysis, interpretation and publication of the study results.