Abstract

An evaluation study was carried out five and a half years after the termination of intervention studies in Berakit a rural hyperendemic malaria area. The efforts of the community to maintain the low morbidity were by detecting suspected malaria cases in the family members or neighbours and taking them to the health centers, by avoiding mosquito bites with anti mosquito coils. A greater percentage of the respondents (64,6%) knew about life cycle of malaria mosquito as malaria vector and that they should clean the environment to reduce mosquito breeding places. The learning module which was distributed to the head of the households at the beginning of the previous intervention studies is still used by people of Berakit for malaria health education. Malaria cadres are still active to advice members of the family, to bring the suspected malaria cases to the health center for examination. The social funds established during intervention studies only partly survived for 2 1/2 years, but the idea of establishing social funds for malaria patients is still implemented in one of the RT's (neighborhood organization) in the study area. The idea of social funds inspires them to grow chilli, pepper and watermelon on their own financial capacity. According to them there were still members of the community who got fever and chills. A close coordination between health workers, head of the village, cadres and the community is needed to control malaria in this area.