Thus by the year 2004, malaria control as part of the overall vector borne diseases control efforts at the community level may be delegated under the authorities and mandate of the Sub-district Administrative Organizations. During this meeting, Malaria Division has clearly demonstrated its future roles in adopting and in implementing of national malaria control policy at a macro-level. At the same time, emphasis will be made on providing technical supports through operational researches and coordination among various authoritative constituencies. During the meeting, results of some relevant researches carried out to facilitate and support of field operations especially in malarial diagnosis were also presented. During the meeting Director General of the Department of Communicable Disease Control also provided a speech on future direction of Communicable Disease Control in Thailand.
Community participation is also essential.
Once the communities are aware of the dangers of diseases and are able to apply protection measures to their own communities, disease control will become more effective and sustainable. A Study on Mosquito trapping 1. As one of the countries in South East Asia, malaria also posts serious public health problem for Cambodia. Statistics of mortality caused by malaria in Cambodia during 1992-1998 is shown in Fig. 1 below. The National Malaria Control Programme of Cambodia has successfully introduced rapid antigen tests to 199 health centers which have no microscopy.