Malaria
PSI provides malaria control support to national Ministries of Health in over 30 countries worldwide. PSI tailors its malaria control programs to the unique environment in each country and the needs of the Ministry of Health in line with achieving the Abuja Targets and MDGs. PSI’s malaria control programs include delivery of insecticide treated mosquito nets, pre-packaged malaria treatment, behavior change communications, and operational research.
Read an essay by Deputy Malaria Control Director Angus Spiers, "The Target."
- Malaria Prevention
PSI’s approach to mosquito net delivery engages both the public and private sectors. This allows malaria control partnerships at country level to maximize available resources and achieve rapid and sustained coverage of vulnerable populations. PSI’s net delivery strategies include routine facility-based delivery, mass free distribution for rapid scale up and engagement of the private sector. One example of this approach is in Kenya where PSI delivers free nets to pregnant women through 3,000 public antenatal clinics, while supporting a robust subsidized distribution program through Kenya’s thriving commercial sector. To date, PSI has delivered over 80 million insecticide treated mosquito nets in more than 30 countries around the world (over 20 million in 2009 alone). In 2010, PSI will deliver its 100 millionth net.
- Malaria Treatment
PSI is supporting ministries of health towards achieving the second Abuja target— which states that at least 80% of children suffering from malaria must have prompt access to, and the ability to correctly use, affordable and appropriate treatment within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms. PSI believes achievement of this target requires the rapid scale up of home-based management of malaria. PSI's home management of malaria strategy includes: harnessing community-based and private sector delivery channels, communications to improve treatment seeking behavior and compliance and targeted subsidies to ensure malaria treatment is accessible. To date, PSI has delivered over 29 million malaria treatments and provided support to partners for malaria case management in several African and Asian countries, including Nigeria, DRC, Rwanda, Madagascar, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Sudan, Myanmar and Cambodia.
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Malaria Interventions
Malaria News
Malaria Resources
January 1, 2010 - Impact February 2010
December 1, 2009 - Impact December 2009
January 1, 2009 - Mali (2009) : TRaC-M evaluation of mass media campains in Bamako.