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The case management of malaria by the general
practitioners (GPs) is being improved through Quality Diagnosis and Standard
Treatment of Malaria Project. It is
being implemented by Myanmar Medical Association (MMA) with financial grant
from Three Diseases Fund
and with technical and management support by WHO. In addition, the WHO Mekong Malaria Programme provides support to MMA to promote to GPs nationwide
the rational use of recommended antimalarial drugs
as per national malaria treatment policy.
Early diagnosis and appropriate treatment is one of the
key strategies to address the remaining high burden of malaria. The
effectiveness of this strategy is affected by several factors such as:
implementation of evidence-based policy, knowledge, skills and rational
practices of health care providers (both in the public and in the private
sectors), availability of and access to quality assured diagnostics and antimalarial drugs, treatment seeking behaviour,
adherence to the policy by both the health care providers and by the
patients, etc.
Since the private GPs are important health care providers
for malaria cases, MMA and WHO are collaborating with National Malaria
Control Programme to improve quality of management
of malaria cases by the private general practitioners.
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