Mekong - U.S. Partnership
CAP-Malaria Project Trains Motorcycle Taxi Drivers to Teach Their Passengers about Malaria
The majority of Burmese migrants living along the Thai-Myanmar border take motorcycle taxis to work. On August 8, 2013, the Control and Prevention of Malaria (CAP-Malaria) team in collaboration with Kraburi Vector Bone Disease Control Unit and local police organized a health education training for motorcycle taxi drivers to teach them basic malaria knowledge and build…
Health Insurance at the Cambodia-Thailand Border
Control and Prevention of Malaria (CAP-Malaria) staff recently met with Provincial Health Center staff in Thailand to plan for the launch of the Thai-Khmer Malaria Patient Card. The card will be piloted at health facilities offering malaria services in the bordering cities of Pailin, Cambodia and Chanthaburi, Thailand. The Thai-Khmer Patient Card is the first insurance…
Getting Ahead of Emerging Infectious Diseases
The USAID-supported Emerging Pandemic Threats (EPT) program RESPOND project organized a wildlife health capacity assessment forum, August 13 - 15th in Bangkok. Co-hosted by the Royal Thai Government, Department of National Parks, Wildlife, and Plant Conservation; Zoological Park Organization; and Mahidol University, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, the forum convened over 70 wildlife health professionals from…
Research Endorses Transnational Cooperation in Health in the Mekong
Washington — The United States has vital interests in helping to improve health among hundreds of millions of people in Southeast Asia, currently vulnerable to emerging disease threats. That is an important objective of the Obama administration’s initiative to “rebalance” policies toward Asia, and one receiving new endorsement from a prestigious international relations research organization.The…
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CAP-Malaria Project Offers Free Blood Tests in Rural Myanmar
Mobile team pays a regular visit to migrant workers at a palm oil plantation site in Tanintharyi Region and Dawei Township. A Village Malaria Workers (VMW) trained by Control and Prevention of Malaria (CAP-Malaria) project opened a temporary clinic at his house. The sign says “VMW is here, anyone is warmly welcomed for free-blood test”.Related link: CAP-MALARIASource:…
Control and Prevention of Malaria’s Cross-Border Activities in Myanmar
Control and Prevention of Malaria (CAP-Malaria) team performed malaria screening among migrant children at the 38 Miles School inside Yuzana palm-oil plantation project site. Malaria messages were provided to the students through face to face education. Related Website: CAP-MALARIASource: Health Matters Newsletter RDMA/Office of Public Health
USAID-Supported Regional Laboratory Network Workshop on Applied Veterinary Bioinformatics
The IDENTIFY project hosted a regional laboratory network workshop on applied field veterinary bioinformatics in Bangkok on June 26-July 1, 2013. Led by The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization, fifteen veterinary laboratory staffs from the national animal health laboratories in the regional laboratory network were trained on basic and applied bioinformatics. The increased capacity in bioinformatics at…
USAID and TICA Visit Myanmar to Launch Trilateral Malaria Control Activities
USAID/RDMA, the Thailand International Development Cooperation Agency (TICA), and the Thai Ministry of Public Health visited Myanmar in July to initiate the first trilateral collaboration activity on malaria control efforts. Thailand and the U.S. are bringing their expertise and resources to collaborate with the Myanmar Ministry of Public Health to tackle the challenge of drug…
CAP-3D: Preventing HIV among Transgendered Women in Laos
Vongphachanh "Khom" Temmelath lives in Vientiane, Laos. When she was in college, like other girls, Khom grew her hair long, wore fashionable clothes, and was an active member in campus social events. But Khom was no ordinary girl. She was born a man.Because of her identity, school authorities challenged Khom repeatedly. Eventually, the constant pressure…
