An astonishing 10 million people living along the Burma/China border who travel across the border frequently are at risk of contracting malaria. Health Poverty Action’s project here will directly benefit these people – a mix of rural communities and migrant workers.
Malaria is on the rise in central and southern China and this project, which started in 2006, aims to cut the number of deaths and outbreaks of the disease in six targeted provinces. It does this by:
- providing treated bed nets and free re-treatment services to 3 million people, using public health providers
- training health workers to carry out correct diagnosis and providing anti-malarial drugs
- monitoring the disease by providing technical training and malaria testing kits
- providing equipment and insecticide for spraying so authorities can strengthen their response to and containment of malaria outbreaks
- establishing four microscopy stations in Burma along the border
- outreach work that increases community awareness and demand for effective malaria prevention and treatment.
Health Poverty Action is working in partnership with the Global Fund Round 5 China Malaria Programme on this project.
Health Poverty Action first started working in China in 1993; this current project started in 2006.
96% of all reported malaria cases in 2003 were in the 6 provinces where this project now works.
Last modified: 03/08/2011
