Challenges of Sustaining Malaria Community Case Management in 81 Township Hospitals along the China-Myanmar Border Region - Yunnan Province, China, 2020

• Published in: China CDC weekly Vol. 3; no. 17; pp. 355 - 359
• Main Authors: Ding, Wei, Lu, Shenning, Xu, Qiuli, Ma, Xuejiao, Wang, Bei, Xue, Jingbo, Sun, Xiaodong, Xu, Jianwei, Cotter, Chris, Wang, Duoquan, Guan, Yayi, Xiao, Ning
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: China Editorial Office of CCDCW, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention 23.04.2021
• Subjects: Preplanned Studies
• ISSN: 2096-7071; 2096-7071
• DOI: 10.46234/ccdcw2021.097

The health workforce at township hospitals in the China-Myanmar border region has played a key role in sustaining Community case management of malaria (CCMm), while few studies have investigated their performance and challenges. Sustaining CCMm in the region was subject to the following major challenges: insufficient training on malaria diagnosis and testing, lacking necessary and timely treatment for patients, and risks of instability among the malaria workforce. These challenges called for the national and provincial authorities to provide regular trainings and intensive supervision to strengthen malaria diagnosis and treatment capacity in the region and to set up incentive mechanisms and individual career development paths to sustain the workforce.