Abstract:

This study was performed to understand the demands of attendees for trainings related to malaria control and prevention in Asia-pacific countries including Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Laos, and Cambodia, and to provide reference for future international training courses. Questionnaire survey was conducted among attendees of four international training courses held by the National Institute of Patristics Diseases, Chinese Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 2017-2019. There were totally 78 attendees trained during 2017-2019; they were from 7 countries: Vietnam, Papua New Guinea, Laos, Cambodia, Philippines, Thailand and Indonesia. Of them, 60.3% (48/78) were from English-speaking countries. The trainees were mainly (88.5%, 69/78) from national-level research institutions, working as scientific researchers (78.2%, 61/78) and health administrators (21.8%, 17/78). The training needs were largely focused on malaria diagnostic techniques and disease control strategies (both 91.0%, 71/78). Other needs are related to laboratory molecular biological tests (65.4%, 51/78), international cooperation project management (50.0%, 39/78), and English writing (52.6%, 41/78). It is recognized that the international training courses of malaria control that have held are able to conform the demand of trainees from related countries, but there remain considerable room for improvement in training content and approach.

Key words: Asia-pacific countries, Malaria control and prevention, Training, Demand assessment