Regional Exchange Workshop on Malaria Interventions Among Mobile Migrant Populations
17 to 18 May 2018, Bangkok, Thailand
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) in coordination with International Organization for Migration (IOM) organized the Regional Knowledge Exchange Workshop on Malaria Interventions Among Mobile Migrant Populations in Bangkok on 17 to 18 May 2018 to share successes, challenges, and lessons learned during the implementation of RCDTA 8959-REG: Malaria and Communicable Diseases Control in the GMS. The participants were officials of the Ministry of Health of Cambodia and Lao PDR, officials of the Ministry of Health and Sports of Myanmar, village health volunteers, mobile traders, and peer educators from Lao PDR and Myanmar.
The objectives of the meeting were to (i) strengthen local capacity by sharing lessons learned between district/province health offices from the pilot interventions in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar; (ii) discuss experiences, lessons learned, and challenges that will be the knowledge base for scale-up of RCDTA’s pilot models for malaria prevention to national and regional level; (iii) explore appropriate malaria implementation strategies among migrant and mobile populations and host communities and how these can be further developed as intervention models; and (iv) strengthen cross border partnership and collaboration among malaria partners and governments in Cambodia, Lao PDR, and Myanmar.
| Day 1 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time | Topics | Presenter |
|
8:30 — 9:00 |
Registration |
ADB (Marissa Espiritu) |
| 9:00 — 9:10 | Welcome and opening remark | Dr. Nenette Motus, Regional Director, IOM Asia and the Pacific and Randy Dacanay |
| 9:10 — 9:40 | Introduction, get to know each other | Randy Dacanay |
| 9.40 — 10:30 | Malaria and MMP situations | National Malaria Centers |
| Cambodia | Dr. Lek Dysoley | |
| Lao PDR | Dr. Sonesay Ounekham | |
| Myanmar | Dr. Aung Thi | |
| 10:30 — 10:45 | Coffee Break | |
|
10:45 — 11:00 |
RCDTA Project Overview: Cambodia, Laos and Myanmar | Dr. Kyi Thar |
| 11:00 — 11:30 | Group exercises: Mapping of MMPs and malaria interventions (program and services) |
Facilitator: Dr. Chris Lyttleton All participants |
| 11:30 — 12:00 | Group presentation | |
| 12:00 — 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00 — 14:00 | RCDTA Malaria project interventions (from village to National Center) | Facilitator: Randy Dacanay |
| Lao PDR | Dr. Somphao Bounnaphol | |
| Myanmar | Dr. Patrick Almeida | |
| Cambodia | Mr. Sophal Uch | |
| 14:00 — 15:00 | Group exercises: Roles of non-health sector and private sector in malaria control and elimination –Mapping of key stakeholders. Who have been involved and what are their roles in your project? |
Facilitator: Dr. Patrick Duigan All participants |
| 15:00 — 15:15 | Coffee Break | |
| 15:15 — 15:45 | Group exercise presentation | |
| 15:45 — 17:00 | Stories from the fields | Facilitator: Ms. Amaralak Khamhong Presenters: VHV/PE/Field workers |
| Day 2 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Time | Topics | Presenter |
| 9:00 — 9:15 | Wrap-up Day 1 | International Organization on Migration |
| 9:15 — 10:15 | Café forum: Challenges and lessons learned from the interventions | Moderator: Randy Dacanay Facilitators: Dr. Kyi Thar, Dr. Chris Lyttleton, Ms. Amaralak Khamhong |
| 10:15 — 10:30 | Summary to panel | Facilitators |
| 10:30 — 10:45 | Coffee Break | |
| 10:45 — 12:00 | Group Exercise: Malaria and MMP interventions models in different settings (contexts, stakeholders, resources, what good were done, what lessons learned, what should be done in short-term and long-term period |
Facilitator: Dr. Chris Lyttleton All participants |
| 12:00 — 13:00 | Lunch | |
| 13:00 — 13:30 | Group presentation | |
| 13:30 — 13:45 | Reflections: ADB | Randy Dacanay |
| 13:45 — 14:00 | Conclusion and closing remarks | Randy Dacanay and Dr. Patrick Duigan |
