• The Challenge
• The Containment Project
• Project Achievements
• The Partners & their Roles

Project Achievements

The containment project began in 2009 and has already had some key successes:

• More village malaria workers and mobile malaria workers have been recruited and trained, and are operational in Cambodia and Thailand.
• Large-scale procurement and distribution of  long-lasting insecticidal nets, long lasting insecticidal hammock nets and insecticides have been achieved in the priority containment zones..
• A ban on artemisinin-based monotherapies was issued on 23 March 2009 by the Cambodian Department of Drugs and Food (DDF) with support from the Minister of Health.   
• National Task Force meetings in Thailand and Cambodia and joint International Task Force meetings have been held to provide technical oversight and monitoring of the Project.
• A robust Monitoring and Evaluation Framework for the Containment Project is in place with household and outlet surveys conducted in the first year of the project.
• Plans for focal screening and treatment (FSAT) of high transmission villages in the containment areas are underway.
• Surveillance of patients who remain positive after three days of treatment and procedures for active investigation and follow-up are being piloted, particularly in Cambodia.
• Cross-border surveillance systems are being developed to share relevant information for action and follow-up.
• Situational analysis on migrants and other operational research has been initiated in Thailand and Cambodia.
• International advocacy (e.g., radio, print, video, new media) is encouraged to highlight containment efforts and malaria drug resistance.