Effectiveness of malaria’s reactive case detection with community-based integration in villages along Thailand-Myanmar border, Tha Song Yang District, Tak Province, 2015-2019

Abstract

This study aims to assess the effectiveness of malaria’s reactive case detection with community-based integration along Thailand-Myanmar border, Tha Song Yang district, Tak Province, 2015–2019 by comparing the reduction of malaria incidence. The samples were A1 transmitted area, 121 villages. All data was derived from the Thailand Malaria Elimination Program, and statistic was described by frequency, percentage, and Wilcoxon signed-rank test. The results show that the malaria situation in Tha Song Yang from 2015 to 2019 was decreased about 69.4%. The number of P. falciparum (PF) and P. vivax (PV) cases was reduced continuously; 93.6% for PF and 56.7% for PV. This was confirmed that the strategy of reactive malaria case detection and elimination with Artemisinin combination therapy could reduce the PF more exceedingly and would be eliminated in near future. The suggestions; 1) Provincial executives should take their role to set the malaria control program as the province’s agenda. 2) Thailand department of Disease control should support continually with the Local Municipalities. 3) The health facilities along border should provide malaria treatment to people accessing all the time. 4) Tha Song Yang malaria control program with community-based integration model should be applied to other areas along Thailand border.