Background, Scope & Goals

This project was developed by scaling up a previous Global Fund for AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM) Round 7 project, in which PEDA was involved and was, therefore, able to act on lessons learned, previous findings, and existing gaps in remote geographic areas/villages of Nong district, Savannakhet province. Malaria is still a burden disease for ethnic minority communities and people in remote areas of Savannakhet, where they are still marginalized from information and services. This project commenced in January 2015. The goal of this project was to increase knowledge of malaria prevention and referral in ethinic minority communities in the Nong district.

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Outcomes & Interventions

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• Baseline and endline knowledge assessment conducted

• Trained 13 Village Peer Educators (VPE)

• Reached 964 people through mobile health sessions

• VPE reached 234 people through interpersonal communication

• Conducted a training and advocacy workshop for 13 community leaders

• Promoted referrals for early diagnosis and appropriate treatment for 

    malaria; 36 suspected cases of malaria referred to RDT/ACT facility at village

    health volunteer and district hospital

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• At least once a month, malaria prevention information was disseminated through a village meeting, conducted and facilitated by the village chief