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    The Malaria Working Group supports the increased involvement of NGOs in integrated, community-based malaria programming; promotes collaboration between NGOs and national and international partners; and addresses bottlenecks, barriers, and gaps in related programming. The Working Group provides a forum where NGOs share lessons learned and disseminate state-of-the-art information related to malaria programming in order to improve the quality of their field-based programs.

    Roll Back Malaria World Malaria Day 2009

    Leadership

    Working Group Co-Chair: Eric Swedberg, Save the Children 

    Tools and Resources

    Presentations, Reports & Webinars

    Report: Collaborative Approach to Community-based Malaria Prevention in Benin Summary Report

    Plan Benin applied the improvement collaborative approach to a community-based malaria prevention project from 2007 to 2009. Funded by USAID and overseen by the University Research Co. LLC (URC) through the USAID-funded Quality Assurance and Health Care Improvement projects, the Plan project aimed to contribute to the reduction of child and maternal mortality rates by improving behaviors related to the prevention and treatment of malaria.

    Presentation: Mozambique Net Hang-up Survey Results (Fall Meeting 9/14/2010) 

    Christy Gavitt, Senior Health Team Coordinatorfor the American Red Cross (ARC) International Services Department summarized the final evaluation results of the Mozambique Red Cross's hang-up intervention with the Malaria Working Group. She explored the question of what the results really told us and discussed how the lessons learned from that survey will impact future hang-up operational research.

    Webinar: ITPS - Malaria Control In Complex Emergencies (1/12/2010)

     Richard Allan, Director of the MENTOR Initiative, presents the revolutionary development of insecticide treated plastic sheeting (ITPS) for the dual purpose of providing shelter and vector control in emergency settings. This presents the first prospects for a practical and robust tool which could be held in regional emergency stocks and deployed amongst refugees and IDPs to rapidly ensure both emergency shelter and effective control of common insect disease vectors without the need for significant behaviour change by shelter occupants in order to achieve its protective effect. Learn the results of the latest studies and how evidence of the efficacy of ITPS as a vector control tool when used to construct temporary shelters, combined with its operational advantages and low risk usage, is now being recommended to be scaled up to meet the needs on the ground.

    Webinar: Zambia Integrated Management of Malaria and Pneumonia Study (12/15/2009)

    Dr. Kojo Yeboah-Antwi, who is an Assistant Professor of International Health at Boston University School of Public Health, presents the Zambia Integrated Management of Malaria and Pneumonia Study (ZIMMAPS), which was a cluster randomized controlled trial that aimed at demonstrating the effectiveness and feasibility of community-based management of pneumonia and malaria by community health workers (CHWs) in a rural district of Zambia. The CHWs, aided by the use of rapid diagnostic tests (RDTs), managed malaria with ACTs and non-severe pneumonia with amoxicillin. The results were overwhelmingly positive and showed the capacity of CHWs to provide early and appropriate treatment to children under five years of age with fever and the reduction of ACT overuse.

    Webinar: Planning for Sustainability in Malaria Projects - Part 1 (8/13/2009)

    Webinar: Planning for Sustainability in Malaria Projects - Part 2 (8/18/2009)

    Dr. Eric Sarriot and Jennifer Yourkavitch of the Maternal and Child Health Integrated Program (MCHIP) describe a framework for assessing sustainability in malaria projects and discuss how projects can incorporate this model into their programming. They also presented an example from a sustainability workshop hosted by Christian Reformed World Relief Committee, a MCP grantee, in Malawi. Information about the framework can be previewed in the manual Take the Long View.

     Case Studies and Field Stories

    Country-Level Collaborations

    Kenya: Kenya NGO's Alliance Against Malaria (KeNAAM)

    Useful Links

     Past Highlights 

     
     
     
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