1. Communication Community of Practice (CCoP) 27-29 Sep 2016 Radisson Blu Hotel, Dakar, Senegal

2. ARC Thailand has been implementing migrant projects in the following provinces
Funded by USAID
The Infectious Diseases Project (2004 – 2007)
1. Kanchanaburi
2. Chumphon
3. Ranong
Funded by the Global Fund
TB projects (Project finished Oct 2014)
1. Chumphon
2. Ranong
3. Phang Nga
4. Kanchanaburi
5. Bangkok
6. Samutprakarn
7. Ratchaburi
8. Prachuap Khiri Khan
9. Surat Thani
Malaria projects (since 2008)
4. Phetchaburi
Regional Artesiminin Initiative (RAI) (since 2014)
Round 6
Round 10 (SSF-TB)
Round 7
Round 10 (SSF-M)

4. Number of beneficiaries reached through community activities (2011-16)
Activity description
Number of beneficiaries reached
Number of LLINs distribution
48,730
Awareness raising campaigns in communities and workplaces
50,000
Capacity building to Migrant Health Volunteers
400
Advocacy to key stakeholders
500
Pf case follow up
1,115

5. Canvas sheet carrying messages on malaria knowledge and health promotion behavior

6. Bilingual motorcycle vest to educate malaria knowledge and promote health seeking behavior

7. Behavior change communication materials

8. Joint community activities with government

9. Health facilities / host communities
ARC linkage to migrant and health facilities/host communities
Migrant communities
Health facilities / host communities
Establish health corners in strategic locations manned by migrants
Form and empower community based migrant network groups – knowledge dissemination, awareness raising campaigns, outreaches, trainings etc
Recruit community based staff to be the focal persons in mobilizing community resources
Empower community based organizations, ethnic groups and volunteers – capacity building
Develop contextualize bilingual behavior change communication materials
Act as a linkage between migrant communities and health facilities / host communities through community staff
Coordinate closely with health facilities to ensure testing, treatment and tracking of malaria cases among migrants
Organize joint activities - meetings, trainings, campaigns etc
Support malaria mobile outreaches to hard to reach villages
Initiate/support cross border dialogue in local level

10. Sai Ti Project Manager American Refugee Committee International (ARC Int’l) SaiTi@arcrelief.org