Table 2 Themes of the future expectations regarding malaria training programs of health workers from different administrative health facilities
Different administrative levels of health facilities | Themes of expectations regarding malaria training programs |
|---|---|
Province level | Hospital and clinic doctors should be included in malaria training programs Continued training of primary health care workers on malaria microscopic diagnostic skills is necessary |
City level | Microscopic diagnosis skills training is important Training medical doctors on the knowledge of imported malaria is of great importance There is a transition of training programs from aspects of malaria control towards elimination in recent years |
County level | Regular malaria microscopic diagnostic training regarded as very important A generally satisfaction with the content and organization of the current training program |
Town level | Trained on basic aspects of malaria knowledge The training programs should be improved Current training focuses too much on malaria basics and there is insufficient attention on the guidelines and procedures of specific public health actions in the field More training on knowledge on the procedures of malaria-related public health actions in the field More information on how operational challenges during the implementation of malaria-related public health actions |
Village level | Trained on basic knowledge including treatment of malaria More or only interested in knowledge on malaria prevention More willingness to be trained on how to suspect and detect malaria cases and the detailed procedures or specific activities during the focus investigation |