Community engagement, social context and coverage of mass anti-malarial administration: Comparative findings from multi-site research in the Greater Mekong sub-Region

Christopher L. Pell; Bipin Adhikari; May Myo Thwin; Ladda Kajeechiwa; Suphak Nosten; Francois H. Nosten; Kate M. Sahan; Frank M. Smithuis; Thuy-Nhien Nguyen; Tran Tinh Hien; Rupam Tripura; Thomas J. Peto; Nou Sanann; Chea Nguon; Tiengkham Pongvongsa; Koukeo Phommasone; Mayfong Mayxay; Mavuto Mukaka; Pimnara Peerawaranun; Nils Kaehler; Phaik Yeong Cheah; Nicholas P. J. Day; Nicholas J. White; Arjen M. Dondorp; Lorenz von Seidlein

doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0214280

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Community engagement, social context and coverage of mass anti-malarial administration: Comparative findings from multi-site research in the Greater Mekong sub-Region

Christopher L. Pell ,

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: c.l.pell@uva.nl

Affiliations Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Centre for Social Science and Global Health, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9405-5851

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Bipin Adhikari,

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8981-3910

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May Myo Thwin,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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Ladda Kajeechiwa,

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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Suphak Nosten,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand
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Francois H. Nosten,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UPMC UMRS CR7, Paris, France

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7951-0745

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Kate M. Sahan,

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ethox Centre and Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, Nuffield Department of Population Health, Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5948-5581

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Frank M. Smithuis,

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Medical Action Myanmar, Yangon, Myanmar, Myanmar Oxford Clinical Research Unit, Yangon, Myanmar
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Thuy-Nhien Nguyen,

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Asia Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Tran Tinh Hien,

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Asia Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Rupam Tripura,

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3281-9702

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Thomas J. Peto,

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Nou Sanann,

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Chea Nguon,

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
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Tiengkham Pongvongsa,

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Savannakhet Provincial Health Department, Savannakhet Province, Laos
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Koukeo Phommasone,

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU), Microbiology Laboratory, Vientiane, Lao PDR
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Mayfong Mayxay,

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU), Microbiology Laboratory, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Institute of Research and Educational Development, University of Health Sciences, Vientiane, Lao PDR
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Mavuto Mukaka,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Pimnara Peerawaranun,

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Nils Kaehler,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand
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Phaik Yeong Cheah,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Ethox Centre and Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, Nuffield Department of Population Health, Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Nicholas P. J. Day,

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Nicholas J. White,

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1897-1978

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Arjen M. Dondorp,

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
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Lorenz von Seidlein

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0282-6469

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Community engagement, social context and coverage of mass anti-malarial administration: Comparative findings from multi-site research in the Greater Mekong sub-Region

Christopher L. Pell,
Bipin Adhikari,
May Myo Thwin,
Ladda Kajeechiwa,
Suphak Nosten,
Francois H. Nosten,
Kate M. Sahan,
Frank M. Smithuis,
Thuy-Nhien Nguyen,
Tran Tinh Hien

Published: March 25, 2019
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0214280

About the Authors

Christopher L. Pell

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: c.l.pell@uva.nl

Affiliations Amsterdam Institute for Global Health and Development (AIGHD), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, Centre for Social Science and Global Health, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9405-5851

Bipin Adhikari

Roles Formal analysis, Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8981-3910

May Myo Thwin

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand

Ladda Kajeechiwa

Roles Investigation, Methodology

Affiliation Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand

Suphak Nosten

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand

Francois H. Nosten

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Shoklo Malaria Research Unit, Mahidol-Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Mae Sot, Thailand, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris 06, UPMC UMRS CR7, Paris, France

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7951-0745

Kate M. Sahan

Roles Methodology, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Ethox Centre and Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, Nuffield Department of Population Health, Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

http://orcid.org/0000-0001-5948-5581

Frank M. Smithuis

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Medical Action Myanmar, Yangon, Myanmar, Myanmar Oxford Clinical Research Unit, Yangon, Myanmar

Thuy-Nhien Nguyen

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Asia Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Tran Tinh Hien

Roles Methodology, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Oxford University Clinical Research Unit, Wellcome Trust Asia Programme, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Rupam Tripura

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3281-9702

Thomas J. Peto

Roles Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Nou Sanann

Roles Investigation, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Chea Nguon

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation National Center for Parasitology, Entomology and Malaria Control, Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Tiengkham Pongvongsa

Roles Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Savannakhet Provincial Health Department, Savannakhet Province, Laos

Koukeo Phommasone

Roles Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU), Microbiology Laboratory, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Mayfong Mayxay

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Lao-Oxford-Mahosot Hospital-Wellcome Trust Research Unit (LOMWRU), Microbiology Laboratory, Vientiane, Lao PDR, Institute of Research and Educational Development, University of Health Sciences, Vientiane, Lao PDR

Mavuto Mukaka

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Pimnara Peerawaranun

Roles Formal analysis, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Nils Kaehler

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand

Phaik Yeong Cheah

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliations Mahidol Oxford Tropical Medicine Research Unit, Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Bangkok, Thailand, Centre for Tropical Medicine and Global Health, Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Ethox Centre and Wellcome Centre for Ethics and Humanities, Nuffield Department of Population Health, Big Data Institute, Li Ka Shing Centre for Health Information and Discovery, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Nicholas P. J. Day

Roles Funding acquisition, Writing – review & editing

Nicholas J. White

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1897-1978

Arjen M. Dondorp

Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Lorenz von Seidlein

Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Project administration, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-0282-6469

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

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