Cambodia (2004): MAP Study Evaluating the Coverage and Quality of Coverage of Malaria Prevention, Diagnostic, and Treatment Products. First Round.

In June 2004, Population Services International in Cambodia (PSI/Cambodia) conducted a Project MAP survey to identify the baseline coverage of Malaria diagnosis, prevention, and treatment products. Coverage indicates geographic access by users from retail outlets. The fundamental goal of this process was to assist in refining and expanding an existing social marketing program by clarifying the status of product placements and exposing strengths and weaknesses in the market. The survey investigated all available malaria treatments, including Malarine for Children (called Malarine-3 at the time of fieldwork) and Malarine for Adults (called Malarine-4 at the time of fieldwork), Rapid Diagnosis Tests (RDTs; including Paracheck/Malacheck), untreated bednets, insecticide treated bednets, and insecticide treatment kits. Lot Quality Assurance Sampling (LQAS) was used for data analysis. LQAS is a statistical method that combines a sampling framework and one-sided hypothesis testing for data analysis that allows for the sample selected from each lot to be quite small, while still providing valid and useful results.