Thailand Country Exercise

Malaria Elimination Plan

15 Aug 2015

Selected Province

• Tak• Ubonratchathani• Ranong• Uthaithani

Tak

Ubonratchathani

Ranong

Uthaithani

Tak province

• Thai-Myanmar border

• High malaria cases• High transmission

areas• High frequency of

cross-border movement

Ubonratchathani province

• Outbreak in 2014• Thai-Laos border• Thai-Cambodia

border

Uthaithani province

• Pilot Elimination project

• Low transmission area

Ranong province

• Tier 1• Influx of Migration• Thai-Myanmar

border

Reasons due to cannot achieve target before 2020

• Climate change: continue rainy >> increase breeding place >> high density of vector

• Drug resistance >> uncompleted drug compliance

• Influx of migrants, population• Conflicts in three Southernmost provinces• Program decentralization