{"id":8574,"date":"2009-05-22T01:45:45","date_gmt":"2009-05-22T01:45:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediciperlapace.org\/progetto\/myanmar-malaria-control-program\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T09:54:01","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T09:54:01","slug":"myanmar-malaria-control-program","status":"publish","type":"progetto","link":"https:\/\/mediciperlapace.org\/en\/progetto\/myanmar-malaria-control-program\/","title":{"rendered":"Myanmar \u2013 Malaria Control Program"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8574\" class=\"elementor elementor-8574 elementor-7543\" data-elementor-post-type=\"progetto\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58c1cde e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"58c1cde\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8e45488 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8e45488\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The context<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5612e90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5612e90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The malaria control project has been involved in malaria prophylaxis, diagnosis and treatment in rural villages of the Shan Plateau in Myanmar.<\/p><p>Activity:<\/p><ul><li>Set up of fixed clinics and mobile clinics visiting the most remote villages<\/li><li>Laboratory diagnosis, treatment of malaria cases and any other diseases<\/li><li>Distribution of insecticide-impregnated mosquito nets<\/li><li>Health education campaigns<\/li><li>Malathiometric investigations in schools<\/li><li>Training of 100 Village Health Agents (ASVs) capable of making malaria diagnoses<\/li><\/ul>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d4d99d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5d4d99d4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-527c536a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"527c536a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Project Map\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-908ddd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-google_maps\" data-id=\"908ddd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"google_maps.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed\">\n\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=Stato%20Shan&#038;t=m&#038;z=6&#038;output=embed&#038;iwloc=near\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Stato Shan\"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Stato Shan\"\n\t\t\t><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9172af e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"b9172af\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bc9d8f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"bc9d8f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The context<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9dd4933 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9dd4933\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Doctors for Peace, in collaboration with CESVI and A.C. Chievo, has been involved in the prophylaxis, diagnosis and treatment of malaria in the rural villages of the Shan plateau.<br>In these areas, malaria is one of the main causes of morbidity and mortality: 3,000 cases are observed per year, of which 50-100 are fatal. Existing health services are inadequate and often unreachable by the majority of the rural population, who live in isolated villages with no connections.<br>Malaria control is based on a community-based health education program. It involves the microscopic diagnosis of malaria (WHO Guidelines for the treatment of malaria), the training of volunteer personnel and the distribution of pre-treated insecticide nets (ITNs Insecticide Treated Nets).  <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae05e38 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ae05e38\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a41033 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a41033\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Activities\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a62d59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a62d59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>For the implementation of the activities, 383 specially trained Village Health Agents and 10 Microscopists were used, 15 fixed clinics and 6 mobile clinics, which reached 383 priority villages for a total of 40,140 families and 200,608 beneficiary people.<\/p><p>43,815 mosquito nets were impregnated and 33,619 LLINs (Long Lasting Incecticidal Nets) were distributed. 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