Table 4.
Barriers and suggestions of basic health staff and Vector-borne Diseases Control Program staff on targeting malaria elimination in 2020 for six selected townships in rural area in Myanmar, 2017–2018
| Barriers and suggestion | N | (%) |
|---|---|---|
| Total | 544 | |
| Barriers for malaria elimination | ||
| Community low knowledge on health | 233 | (43) |
| Inadequate supplies | 117 | (22) |
| Transportation difficulty | 115 | (21) |
| Mobile/migrant (or) conflict affected populations | 98 | (18) |
| Financial barrier | 82 | (15) |
| Non-compliance to treatment | 72 | (13) |
| Not relevant | 67 | (12) |
| Lack of stakeholder engagement | 56 | (10) |
| Over-burden of basic health staff | 51 | (9) |
| Inadequate health education | 43 | (8) |
| Inadequate training and refresher training | 24 | (4) |
| No barrier | 22 | (4) |
| Language barrier | 18 | (3) |
| Inadequate preventive and control measures | 15 | (3) |
| Others | 12 | (2) |
| Suggestion for malaria elimination | ||
| Enhance preventive and control measures | 218 | (40) |
| Ensure adequate support | 189 | (35) |
| Conduct training and refresher training | 145 | (27) |
| Increase health education | 114 | (21) |
| Strengthen surveillance system | 83 | (15) |
| Increase human resource | 56 | (10) |
| Improve stakeholder engagement | 43 | (8) |
| Improve effective treatment | 29 | (5) |
| Not relevant | 23 | (4) |
| Improve monitoring and supervision | 7 | (1) |