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ArticleFrontiers in public health2021

Understanding Malaria Persistence: A Mixed-Methods Study on the Effectiveness of Malaria Elimination Strategies in South-Central Vietnam.

Thuan Thi Nguyen, Charlotte Gryseels, Duong Thanh Tran, Tom Smekens, René Gerrets, Xa Xuan Nguyen, Koen Peeters Grietens

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Article in Frontiers in public health, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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7 authors at 4 institutions in 4 countries.

Thuan Thi NguyenDepartment of Malaria Epidemiology, National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology (NIMPE), Hanoi, Vietnam.
Charlotte GryseelsUnit of Socio-Ecological Health Research, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
Duong Thanh TranDepartment of Malaria Epidemiology, National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology (NIMPE), Hanoi, Vietnam.
Tom SmekensDepartment of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
René GerretsFaculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences, Amsterdam Institute for Social Science Research (AISSR), University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Xa Xuan NguyenDepartment of Malaria Epidemiology, National Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology (NIMPE), Hanoi, Vietnam.
Koen Peeters GrietensUnit of Socio-Ecological Health Research, Department of Public Health, Institute of Tropical Medicine, Antwerp, Belgium.
Instituut voor Tropische Geneeskunde · BENational Institute of Malariology, Parasitology and Entomology · VNInternational Institute of Social History · NLUniversity of Amsterdam · NL

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Despite the scale-up of vector control, diagnosis and treatment, and health information campaigns, malaria persists in the forested areas of South-Central Vietnam, home to ethnic minority populations. A mixed-methods study using an exploratory sequential design was conducted in 10 Ra-glai villages in Bac Ai district of Ninh Thuan province to examine which social factors limited the effectiveness of the national malaria elimination strategy in the local setting. Territorial arrangements and mobility were found to directly limit the effectiveness of indoor residual spraying and long-lasting insectidical treated nets (LLINs). Households (n=410) were resettled in the "new villages" by the government, where they received brick houses (87.1%) and sufficient LLINs (97.3%). However, 97.6% of households went back to their "old villages" to continue slash-and-burn agriculture. In the old village, 48.5% of households lived in open-structured plot huts and only 5.7% of them had sufficient LLIN coverage. Household representatives believed malaria could be cured with antimalarials (57.8%), but also perceived non-malarial medicines, rituals, and vitamin supplements to be effective against malaria. Household members (

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MalariaEthnicityHumansMinority GroupsVietnamelimination strategiesethnic minoritymalariamalaria persistencemixed methods studyVietnam

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