This brief highlights Ghana’s efforts to combat MIP from 2007–2010; specifically, its success in dramatically increasing uptake of IPTp. The brief targets policymakers, program managers and health care workers as countries work toward increasing IPTp uptake as a core component of MIP control.
Assessment of the consistency of national-level policies and guidelines for malaria in pregnancy in five African countries
One of the major factors contributing to low coverage of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets (LLINs) and intermittent preventive treatment with sulphadoxine-pyrimethamine (IPTp-SP) among pregnant women is provider confusion about when and how to distribute them. Technical expertise in malaria in pregnancy (MIP) is typically provided by national malaria control programs (NMCPs), while MIP interventions are implemented through national reproductive health …
Malaria Technical Reference Materials: 2014
with substantial updates. The series of guides aim to help program planners and implementers consider the many elements in a particular technical area of the Child Survival and Health Grants Program (CSHGP). They include substantial updates to technical information and M&E indicators. These guides are not an official policy for practice; rather, they are basic every day summaries to be …
Moving malaria in pregnancy programs from neglect to priority: experience from Malawi, Senegal and Zambia
This article, published in the journal Global Health: Science and Practice, describes the results of a systematic case study methodology to assess health system strengths and challenges as they relate to malaria in pregnancy (MIP) in Malawi, Senegal and Zambia. Data were collected between 2009 and 2011 through desk reviews and key informant interviews. The data were subsequently analyzed across …
Malaria Communities Program: Strengthening Platforms for Case Management in Communities
The Malaria Communities Program (MCP) was launched on December 14, 2006. Through 20 awards to 18 partners in 12 countries, the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) has supported efforts of communities and nongovernmental organizations to combat malaria at the local level. This paper presents results from MCP projects working to strengthen community-level systems for malaria case management and examines in detail …
Malaria Communities Program: Malaria in Pregnancy – Improving Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Pregnancy (Second Dose) and Antenatal Care Coverage
The Malaria Communities Program (MCP) was launched on December 14, 2006. Through 20 awards to 18 partners in 12 countries, the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) has supported efforts of communities and nongovernmental organizations to combat malaria at the local level. This document highlights the first of four case studies highlighting program results, and describes how MCP grantees built community capacity …
Malaria Communities Program: Achieving, Tracking, and Maintaining High ITN Coverage – Community Strategies
The Malaria Communities Program (MCP) was launched on December 14, 2006. Through 20 awards to 18 partners in 12 countries, the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) has supported efforts of communities and nongovernmental organizations to combat malaria at the local level. This case study presents results from MCP projects working to increase ITN coverage and examines in detail the work of …
Malaria Communities Program: Building Community Capacity in Malaria Control
The Malaria Communities Program (MCP) was launched on December 14, 2006. Through 20 awards to 18 partners in 12 countries, the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) has supported efforts of communities and nongovernmental organizations to combat malaria at the local level. This document highlights the first of four case studies highlighting program results, and describes how MCP grantees built community capacity …
Package of Malaria in Pregnancy Resources
MCHIP has compiled a collection of current malaria in pregnancy (MIP) technical and programmatic information that is particularly useful to inform individuals involved in development, management and implementation of MIP programs. The package is comprised of nine files that are organized in sequence to facilitate a self-guided review and knowledge update on MIP. The first document below summarizes the purpose …
A Documentation of Malaria Program Implementation in Burkina Faso
In collaboration with the National Malaria Control Program of Burkina Faso, MCHIP documented the status of malaria program implementation by all partners in the country. This report describes best practices/strategies that have supported malaria programming successes, as well as existing bottlenecks in malaria program implementation and recommends how these could be overcome. Available in English and French.