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Community engagement for the rapid elimination of malaria: the case of Kayin State, Myanmar.

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Background

Currently, malaria elimination efforts are ongoing in several locations across Southeast Asia, including in Kayin State (also known as Karen State), Myanmar . This paper describes the community engagement efforts for a pilot malaria elimination project, the challenges encountered and lessons learnt.

Methods

Between May 2013 and June 2015, a study on targeted malaria elimination (TME) that included mass drug administration was conducted in four villages ...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.12688/wellcomeopenres.12051.1

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Publisher:
Wellcome Trust
Journal:
Wellcome Open Research More from this journal
Volume:
2
Pages:
59
Publication date:
2017-07-01
Acceptance date:
2017-07-28
DOI:
EISSN:
2398-502X
Pmid:
28894847
Language:
English
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Pubs id:
pubs:730004
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uuid:5940765d-571f-4032-acaa-ddee8d72bd93
Local pid:
pubs:730004
Source identifiers:
730004
Deposit date:
2017-09-22

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