Application of community-based and integrated strategy to reduce malaria disease burden in southern Tanzania: the study protocol of China-UK-Tanzania pilot project on malaria control

Infectious Diseases of Poverty

Kang-Ming Lin¹  Honorati Masanja²  Yeromin Mlacha²  Salim Abdulla²  Mihayo Gabriel Michael²  Prosper Chaki²  Rashid Khatibu²  He Yan²  Tegemeo Gavana²  Deus Ishengoma³  Susan Rumisha³  Shang Xia⁴  Zheng-Bin Zhou⁴  Ning Xiao⁴  Duoquan Wang⁴  Xiao-Nong Zhou⁴  Jun Feng⁴  Frank Chacky⁵  Charles Dismasi⁵  Sigbert Mkude⁵  Renata Mandike⁵ 

[1] Guangxi Center for Disease Control and Prevention;Ifakara Health Institute, Dar es Salaam;National Institute for Medical Research;National Institute of Parasitic Diseases, Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention;National Malaria Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Community Development, Gender, Elderly and Children;

关键词: Malaria;    Community-based;    Chinese experiences;    WHO-T3 initiative;    Tanzania;    Pilot;   

DOI  :  10.1186/s40249-018-0507-3

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Abstract Background During the past six decades, remarkable success on malaria control has been made in China. The major experience could be shared with other malaria endemic countries including Tanzania with high malaria burden. Especially, China’s 1–3-7 model for malaria elimination is one of the most important refined experiences from many years’ efforts and key innovation measures for malaria elimination in China. Methods The China-UK-Tanzania pilot project on malaria control was implemented from April, 2015 to June, 2018, which was an operational research with two communities receiving the proposed interventions and two comparable communities serving as control sites. The World Health Organization “Test, Treat, Track” (WHO-T3) Initiative, which calls for every suspected case to receive a diagnostic test, every confirmed case to be treated, and for the disease to be tracked, was integrated with Chinese experiences on malaria control and elimination for exploration of a proper model tailored to the local settings. Application of China’s 1–3-7 model integrating with WHO-T3 initiative and local resources aiming at reducing the burden of malaria in terms of morbidity and mortality by 30% in the intervention communities in comparison with that at the baseline survey. Discussion The China-UK-Tanzania pilot project on malaria control was that at China's first pilot project on malaria control in Africa, exploring the feasibility of Chinese experiences by China-Africa collaboration, which is expected that the strategies and approaches used in this project could be potential for scaling up in Tanzania and African countries, and contribute to the acceleration of malaria control and elimination in Africa.

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