Table 2 Strategies to improve LLIN access to mobile and migrant populations in Cambodia
Strategy | Year initiated | Target areas | Provinces | Target group | Channel of delivery |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bed net lending scheme | 2009 | 5 operational districts in 4 provinces | Banteay Meanchey, Battambang, Pailin, and Pursat | Plantation/farm workers | Engagement with farm owners |
Touch Points for bed net distribution | 2013 | 1 operational district | Steung Treng | Sites of primary contact with MMPs - mainly forest goers, miners in remote areas | Small grocery shops, boat port, middlemen or broker where MMPs gather for personal belongings or sell their forest products before re-entering into the forest. |
“Forest package” project | 2013 | 2 operational district | Kratie and Koh Kong | Distributes subsidized backpacks equipped with insect repellent, LLIN/LLIHs, flashlight and an informative brochure on malaria to forest-goers | Through a voucher system between the trained mobile and plantation malaria workers (MMW/PMW), local retailers and the forest goers. The MMW/PMW collects and transports blood samples, test and provide treatment for patients testing positive for malaria |
Bed net topping up scheme | 2014 | 5 operational districts in 4 provinces | Battambang, Pursat, Oddarmeanchey, Banteay Meanchey | MMPs including forest goers and local residents who plan to travel to the forest (LLIHN). Topping up scheme also replaced damaged LLIHN among local residents. | Through village malaria workers |