Study, year | Country | Lessons learned (success) |
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Zhang, 2016 [50] | China | Strengthened the partnership and established the collaboration, coordination and cooperation channels among stakeholders. Health Poverty Action (HPA) is an example model |
Zhou, 2016 [15] | China | Prompt establishment of health care clinics, resource mobilization by international agencies and NGOs in response to the disaster |
Ly, 2017 [53] | Cambodia | Received a steady source of detailed, accurate, government and NGO-sponsored information |
China; Thailand | Significantly reduced incidence with effective management | |
Obol, 2015 [33] | Uganda | In all IDP camps, health care services and ITNs distribution etc. were solely provided by the emergency relief organisations and the UN |
Lee, 2008 [25] | Myanmar | Feasibility of delivering effective disease control interventions in an area of active conflict through the trained volunteers |
Kirkbya, 2012 [32] | Sri Lanka | Malaria is taught during grade 6 of the school curriculum, i.e. at the beginning of secondary school education |
Nyunt, 2014 [35] | Myanmar | Free distribution was found as one of the major factors causing utilization of ITNs in migrant workers |
Canavati, 2016 [43] | Cambodia | Targeted community was satisfied with the mobile malaria workers’ services |
Lessons learned (challenges) | ||
 Wai, 2014 [36] | Myanmar | Need to improve mechanisms of communication among multiple partners |
 Wai, 2014 [36] | Myanmar | Need collaborative work between health department and administrators to inform and motivate the regular use of LLINs |
 Abeyasinghe, 2012 [28] | Sri Lanka | The assurance of long-term, sustainable funding |
 Ly, 2017 [53]; Wai, 2014 [36]; Wangroongsarb, 2011 [27]; Peeters, 2015 [40] | Cambodia; Myanmar; Thailand | Limited the effectiveness of health education message/IEC due to limited literary or language barrier in multilingual ethnic groups |
 Ly, 2017 [53] | Cambodia | ~ 10% of participants treated for malaria did not have a confirmed diagnosis |
Cambodia; Uganda; | Low net utilization rates | |
 Zhou, 2016 [15] | China | Interventions exclusively to IDP camps, excluding local surrounding villages |
 Gueye, 2014 [34] | Namibia | Not appropriate timing of the spray season; Late payment of temporary spray men may have resulted in decreased morale and lower quality of IRS |
China; Myanmar; Thailand | Lack of convenient access to health care facilities/limited access to formal health facility/health message; Transportation constraints to access health care facility | |
 Wai, 2014 [36] | Myanmar | A gap in willingness to buy ITNs/LLINs and affordability |
 Canavati, 2016 [43] |  | Short stay of mobile malaria workers; Low utilization of mobile malaria workers |
 Carrara, 2006 [23] | Thailand | 2-day artesunate regimen given, not a standard 3-day regimen |
 MOH, Malaysia, 2015 [38] | Malaysia | Undocumented migrant workers are a challenging group to access/trace for the malaria elimination intervention |
 Qayum, 2012 [31] | Pakistan | Limited distribution of ITNs; No worn out bed nets were replaced; some were not in a useable state |
 Lee, 2009 [25] | Myanmar | Exceeded the capacity to train volunteers or to monitor and evaluate their work; Inadequate training of volunteers and a lack of strong guidelines for recruiting villagers |
 Lee, 2009 [25] | Myanmar | Community health workers reluctance to delegate additional responsibilities to the volunteers |
 Lee, 2009 [25] | Myanmar | Recruitment, training and supervision of volunteers became more time consuming for clinic staff |
 Lee, 2009 [25] | Myanmar | Over-treatment of test-result negative patients by volunteers |
 Nyunt, 2014 [35] | Myanmar | Unpleasant insecticide smell of the nets |