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Challenges of Sustaining Malaria Community Case Management in 81 Township Hospitals Along the China-Myanmar Border Region — Yunnan Province, China, 2020 China CDC Weekly Preplanned Studies Challenges of Sustaining Malaria Community Case Management in 81 Township Hospitals along the China-Myanmar Border Region — Yunnan Province, China, 2020 Wei Ding1; Shenning Lu1; Qiuli Xu1; Xuejiao Ma1; Bei Wang1; Jingbo Xue1; Xiaodong Sun2; Jianwei Xu2; Chris Cotter3; Duoquan Wang1,#; Yayi Guan1; Ning Xiao1 workforce and their challenges in the delivery of Summary malaria diagnostic and treatment services through a What is already known on this topic? structured questionnaire. The results showed that the The health workforce at township hospitals in the CCMm was satisfactory for case recognition and China-Myanmar border region has played a key role in testing by rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), while both sustaining Community case management of malaria training on malaria diagnosis and providing necessary (CCMm), while few studies have investigated their treatment for patients were insufficient, and risks of performance and challenges. instability in the malaria workforce existed. It is What is added by this report? recommended to provide regular training and intensive Sustaining CCMm in the region was subject to the supervision for the malaria workforce to identify following major challenges: insufficient training on strategies to sustain the workforce. malaria diagnosis and testing, lacking necessary and The study was conducted from July to December timely treatment for patients, and risks of instability 2020. All relevant malaria health staff (568) of all among the malaria workforce. township hospitals (81) from 6 counties (Yingjiang, What are the implications for public health Tengchong, Cangyuan, Longling, Longchuan, and practice? Lushui) was included in the study. The 6 counties were These challenges called for the national and provincial selected out of 18 total border counties by having a authorities to provide regular trainings and intensive higher number of imported malaria cases in the border supervision to strengthen malaria diagnosis and region between January 1, 2017 and December 31, treatment capacity in the region and to set up incentive 2019 according to the data from China Information mechanisms and individual career development paths System for Disease Control and Prevention (CISDCP). to sustain the workforce. The questionnaire was generated using an online survey tool Wenjuanxing (WJX, https://www.wjx.cn/, Through years of malaria elimination efforts, China in Chinese) and was pretested among 32 health staff in has been on track for the World Health Organization Tengchong County and Simao County. The finalized (WHO)’s malaria-free certification after reporting 3 questionnaire was delivered to the targeted respondents consecutive years of 0 indigenous case since 2017 (1). by a mobile application and administrated by the field Sustaining the elimination efforts in the border region investigators of local CDCs. Written informed consent of Yunnan Province is critical as it shares a long was obtained from each respondent. Results were borderline with Myanmar without natural barriers and collected by WJX and analyzed by Microsoft Office faced malaria importation and the risk of re- Excel (version 2019; Microsoft Corp, Beijing, China). establishment due to mutual business and population The average age of the respondents was 32.15±8.40 movement (2–4). Community case management of years and 53.7% (305/568) were aged between 30–50 malaria (CCMm) promotes the early detection, years; 88.4% (502/568) had bachelor’s degree or junior prompt testing, and appropriate treatment of malaria college degree in medicine. Among all the respondents, in communities. To consolidate the efforts, this study 44.7% (254/568) were physicians responsible for the assessed the status of CCMm in 81 township hospitals diagnosis and treatment of malaria, 26.4% (150/568) of 6 border counties in Yunnan in 2020 by were lab technicians responsible for testing the malaria investigating the knowledge and practice of health suspects, and 28.9% (164/568) were public health Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention CCDC Weekly / Vol. 3 / No. 17 355 China CDC Weekly doctors responsible for reporting infectious diseases films by local county CDCs. Over a quarter (28.7%, and conducting epidemiological investigations. 47/164) mentioned shortages of necessary anti-malarial Most physicians (94.9%, 241/254) would suspect drugs in their hospitals. Almost every respondent malaria if any patient presented symptoms including (99.4%, 163/164) was engaged in the malaria health chills, fever, and shivering. However, half (50%, education activities, while the promotion via official 127/254) of the respondents had not received any WeChat account only made up for 26.2% (43/174). In training on diagnosis and treatment of malaria over the addition, 68.3% (112/164) reported “no change” in past 3 years, and nearly one-third (33.1%, 84/254) of terms of the number of malaria health staffs during the respondents had never had a patient with malaria last 3 years. Inadequate training (70.7%, 116/164) and infection during their practice. In addition, 53.5% of professional movement (59.8%, 98/164) stood out as 2 respondents did not provide malaria treatment in local major challenges ( Table 3). hospitals (Table 1). Most lab technicians had knowledge of (96.7%, DISCUSSION 145/150) and were capable (90.7%, 136/150) of using RDTs, while 55.3% (83/150) of them were not This study assessed the knowledge and practices of adequately trained for preparing blood films, and the physicians, lab technicians, and public health 47.3% (71/150) could not identify Plasmodium species doctors who worked at the township hospitals in through microscopy. Only 50.7% (76/150) were border counties in Yunnan and the challenges during trained on microscopy examination of Plasmodium their work on malaria. Positive findings from the study during the past 3 years (Table 2). included the following: local township health staff at Among the 164 public health doctors, 29.3% the Yunnan border area was relatively young and well (48/164) reported a lack of regular review of blood educated; physicians were vigilant in recognizing the TABLE 1. Physicians’ knowledge and practice of malaria diagnosis and treatment in the 81 township hospitals of 6 border counties, Yunnan Province, 2020. Yingjiang, Tengchong, Cangyuan, Longling, Longchuan, Lushui, Total, Variable n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) Knowledge of malaria symptoms Yes 49 (98.0) 71 (94.7) 17 (77.3) 46 (97.9) 21 (95.5) 37 (97.4) 241 (94.9) No 1 (2.0) 4 (5.3) 5 (22.7) 1 (2.1) 1 (4.6) 1 (2.6) 13 (5.1) Trained in last 3 years Yes 37 (74.0) 28 (37.3) 7 (31.8) 28 (59.6) 10 (45.5) 17 (44.7) 127 (50.0) No 13 (26.0) 47 (62.7) 15 (68.2) 19 (40.4) 12 (54.6) 21 (55.3) 127 (50.0) Recognize high-risk groups Returnees 49 (98.0) 72 (96.0) 18 (81.8) 43 (91.5) 19 (86.4) 32 (84.2) 223 (87.8) Migrants 43 (86.0) 67 (89.3) 16 (72.7) 44 (93.6) 18 (81.8) 32 (84.2) 220 (86.6) Women 11 (22.0) 16 (21.3) 4 (25.0) 13 (27.7) 9 (40.9) 9 (23.7) 62 (24.4) Children 13 (26.0) 22 (29.3) 7 (43.8) 15 (31.9) 8 (36.4) 11 (29.0) 76 (29.9) Others 1 (2.0) 4 (5.3) 4 (25.0) 2 (4.3) 0 (0.0) 1 (2.6) 12 (4.7) Provided treatment Yes 31 (62.0) 35 (46.7) 15 (68.2) 23 (48.9) 8 (36.4) 6 (15.8) 118 (46.5) No 19 (38.0) 40 (53.3) 7 (31.8) 24 (51.1) 14 (63.6) 32 (84.2) 136 (53.5) Last malaria patient received Never 11 (22.0) 13 (17.3) 9 (40.9) 21 (44.7) 10 (45.5) 20 (52.6) 84 (33.1) <5 years ago 19 (38.0) 23 (30.7) 5 (22.7) 8 (17.0) 6 (27.3) 3 (7.9) 64 (25.2) 5–10 years ago 14 (28.0) 23 (30.7) 3 (13.6) 10 (21.3) 3 (13.6) 8 (21.1) 61 (24.0) >10 years ago 6 (12.0) 16 (21.3) 5 (22.7) 8 (17.0) 3 (13.6) 7 (18.4) 45 (17.7) Total 50 (19.7) 75 (29.5) 22 (8.7) 47 (18.5) 22 (8.7) 38 (15.0) 254 (100.0) 356 CCDC Weekly / Vol. 3 / No. 17 Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention China CDC Weekly TABLE 2. Lab technicians’ knowledge and practice on malaria testing including use of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs) in the 81 township hospitals of 6 border counties, Yunnan Province, 2020. Yingjiang, Tengchong, Cangyuan, Longling, Longchuan, Lushui, Total, Variable n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) n (%) Know about RDTs Yes 33 (100.0) 32 (94.1) 20 (95.2) 28 (100.0) 16 (100.0) 16 (88.9) 145 (96.7) No 0 (0) 2 (5.9) 1 (4.8) 0 (0) 0 (0) 2 (11.1) 5 (3.3) Be able to use RDTs Yes 33 (100.0) 29 (85.3) 20 (95.2) 26 (92.9) 16 (100.0) 12 (66.7) 136 (90.7) No 0 (0) 5 (14.7) 1 (4.8) 2 (7.1) 0 (0) 6 (33.3) 14 (9.3) Use RDTs in daily work Always 11 (33.3) 13 (38.2) 4 (19.1) 19 (67.9) 4 (25. 0) 0 (0) 51 (34.0) Sometimes 22 (66.7) 16 (47.1) 15 (71.4) 7 (25.0) 11 (68.8) 10 (55.6) 81 (54.0) Never 0 (0.0) 5 (14.7) 2 (9.5) 2 (7.1) 1 (6.3) 8 (44.4) 18 (12.0) Blood film preparation Skillful 15 (45.5) 13 (38.2) 8 (38.1) 10 (35.7) 5 (31.3) 8 (44.4) 59 (39.3) Not skillful 13 (39.4) 20 (58.8) 13 (61.90) 18 (64.3) 10 (62.5) 9 (50.0) 83 (55.3) No 5 (15.2) 1 (2.9) 0 (0) 0 (0) 1 (6.3) 1 (5.6) 8 (5.3) Received microscopy training Yes 16 (48.5) 16 (47.1) 7 (33.3) 19 (67.9) 5 (31.3) 13 (72.2) 76 (50.7) No 17 (51.5) 18 (52.9) 14 (66.7) 9 (32.1) 11 (68.8) 5 (27.8) 74 (49.3) Microscopy ability Can identify species 16 (48.5) 18 (52.9) 6 (28.6) 7 (25.0) 3 (18.8) 5 (27.8) 55 (36.7) Cannot identify species 10 (30.3) 11 (32.4) 11 (52.4) 18 (64.3) 10 (62.5) 11 (61.1) 71 (47.3) No 7 (21.2) 5 (14.7) 4 (19.1) 3 (10.7) 3 (18.8) 2 (11.1) 24 (16.0) RDTs stock outs in last 1 year Yes 1 (3.0) 1 (2.9) 1 (4.8) 1 (3.6) 1 (6.3) 0 (0) 5 (3.3) No 32 (97.0) 33 (97.1) 20 (95.2) 27 (96.4) 15 (93.8) 18 (100) 145 (96.7) Total 33 (22.0) 34 (22.7) 21 (14.0) 28 (18.7) 16 (10.7) 18 (12.0) 150 (100.0) malaria patients; and almost all lab technicians knew malaria patients and might leave untreated patients and were able to use RDTs.
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