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12. Improving Malaria Control in Complex Emergencies
Pages 117-119

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From page 117...
... over poor programmatic planning, limited assessments, lack of coordination among and within relief agencies, and marginal management skills (Walkup, 1997; Seaman, 1999; Zetter, 19991. The need for a malaria control program plan that is well integrated and accepted by all participating agencies is particularly important in situations of delicate political sensitivities, such as when the malaria policy for a displaced population differs from the standard national policy.
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From page 118...
... Adapting the principles of public nutrition and expanding our understanding of the macro-level forces that affect the ability to implement quality malaria control programs will strengthen public health practices. COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT IN MALARIA CONTROL Although use of the terms "community involvement" and "community mobilization" has become ubiquitous in public health discourses, stressing the need to have a displaced community fully represented is warranted.
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From page 119...
... Other areas include incorporating traditional healers into clinical rounds; developing economic incentive programs, particularly for preventive measures; using community health care workers to assist with vulnerable populations; training local health care workers to interpret data they routinely collect as a first step in designing community-based control measures; and linking malaria control activities to other communitybased activities that are in process and accepted. RECOMMENDATIONS · Form a task force for integrated malaria control as early in an emergency as possible.
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