Malaria levels are high along the Burma/China border and this project works on both sides of the border, increasing local communities’ access to better quality malaria services including prevention and treatment.
The programme targets mobile Chinese workers from 12 counties of Yunnan and Burmese residents living in four special regions of Burma, and benefits 3.5 million people.
The project provides comprehensive malaria prevention and care services in China through the Chinese Ministry of Health – activities include:
- health education
- provision of malaria diagnosis and treatment facilities
- training health staff
- provision of anti-malarial drugs.
Working in Burma, Health Poverty Action is strengthening the local health service by:
- providing better malaria diagnosis and treatment services
- increasing communities’ access to these services
- educating people with key messages on malaria prevention
- providing treated bed nets and promoting their use
The project also improves cross-border malaria surveillance systems and works with the Global Fund Round 6 China Malaria Programme and local partners.
We are improving malaria diagnosis and treatment facilities on both sides of the Burma/China border.
By the end of the project, Health Poverty Action will aim to have distributed more than 100,000 mosquito nets to marginalised communities in Burma.
Last modified: 27/06/2011
