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Table 1 Barrier classification categories

From: Identifying barriers in the malaria control policymaking process in East Africa: insights from stakeholders and a structured literature review

Category (non-exclusive)

Count (of 66 total)

Percent of total addressing this barrier

Behavior and individual characteristics

  

-  Adherence: Barriers to proper adherence by households to malaria control regimes

16

24.2 %

-  Information and Education: Barriers arising due to lack of education, including about the causes of malaria and means to treat malaria.

8

12.1 %

-  Wealth: Barriers arising due to poverty or limited resources

9

13.6 %

Health systems

  

-  Access: Ability of populations to access healthcare system

24

36.4 %

-  Availability: Availability of drugs and other malaria control measures.

13

19.7 %

-  Funding and financing: Barriers arising from limited funding and financing for malaria control

10

15.2 %

-  Health Systems: Organizational and institutional capacity of health systems

22

33.3 %

-  Laboratory infrastructure: Barriers arising from the limitations of laboratory equipment

4

6.1 %

-  Research programming and priorities: Barriers to appropriate research programs and priorities

3

4.5 %

Social and structural features

  

-  Culture: Barriers arising from cultural norms which conflict with malaria control policy

12

18.2 %

-  Gender: Barriers arising from gender norms and disparities

6

9.1 %

-  Equity: Barriers arising from structural inequity

16

24.2 %

Policy process and government

  

-  Policy: Barriers arising from policy and policymaking constraints, institutional fragmentation

19

28.8 %

-  Taxes and tariffs on malaria control goods: Barriers of taxes and tariffs on goods for malaria control

1

1.5 %

Environment

  

-  Pesticide toxicity and contamination: Barriers arising from concern of pesticide toxicity and contamination

1

1.5 %

-  Resistance: Barriers arising from the development of resistance by the malaria parasite or mosquito to treatment

4

6.1 %

-  Seasonality: Barriers arising from the seasonal/cyclical nature of malaria

3

4.5 %