Table 2.

APMEN country partner strategies for disseminating malaria health information to populations at higher risk

	BGD	BTN	KHM	CHN	PRK	IDN	MYS	NPL	PHL	KOR	SLB	THA	VUT	VNM
Strategies deployed across different risk groups
Same strategy for all	•				•	•	•	•			•			•
Mix of strategies		•	•						•	•		•	•
Key messages
Prevention and personal protection (e.g. net usage, treated clothing)		•	•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Malaria signs and symptoms	•	•	•		•	•	•	•	•		•		•
Encouraging treatment-seeking	•	•	•		•		•	•	•		•	•	•	•
Encouraging prompt diagnosis					•	•		•	•		•	•	•	•
Compliance with treatment					•		•				•	•
Channels
Printed materials (i.e. leaflets, pamphlets)	•	•			•		•	•		•	•	•		•
Mass media (i.e. broadcast, news, TV, radio)		•	•		•						•	•		•
Campaign days (i.e. World Malaria Day, LLIN distributions, health surveys)		•						•	•				•
Community Action Group		•				•			•
Billboards		•						•
Schools		•						•					•
Delivered by
Community health workers	•		•		•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•	•
Malaria health volunteers	•				•		•	•	•			•	•
Employer (i.e. rubber company, military, construction project company)		•	•				•		•	•				•
Local representatives/authorities	⊙												•	•
School teachers		•										•	•
Epidemiology/entomology research teams	•
Social organizations		•												•

⊙ Small-scale pilot or in planning stages only

BGD Bangladesh, BTN Bhutan, KHM Cambodia, CHN China, PRK Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, IDN Indonesia, MYS Malaysia, NPL Nepal, PHL Philippines, KOR Republic of Korea, SLB Solomon Islands, THA Thailand, VUT Vanuatu, VNM Vietnam