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Table 7 Seasonal workers’ perceptions of Mobile Malaria Workers (MMWs)’ role

From: High mobility, low access thwarts interventions among seasonal workers in the Greater Mekong Sub-region: lessons from the malaria containment project

MMWs

Overall

N

%

Know the MMW

 Yes

88

29.0

 No

216

71.1

MMW visited the migrants while in the farma

 Yes

76

86.4

 No

12

13.6

Received malaria education from MMWa

 Yes

81

92.0

 No

7

8.0

Know that free malaria testing/treatment is available from MMWs

 Yes

84

95.4

 No

4

4.5

Previously contacted MMW when having fever

 Yes

48

54.5

 No

40

45.5

Ways migrants have contacted MMW

 Went to the MMW

59

67.1

 MMW visited the migrant worker

16

18.2

 Migrant worker never contacted MMW

13

14.8

  1. aOut of those who have meet the MMW (n = 88)