{"id":3832,"date":"2010-08-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/psi2030.wpengine.com\/psis-dr-jane-miller-awarded-order-of-the-british-empire\/"},"modified":"2018-05-22T22:26:36","modified_gmt":"2018-05-22T22:26:36","slug":"psis-dr-jane-miller-awarded-order-of-the-british-empire","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.psi.org\/fr\/news\/psis-dr-jane-miller-awarded-order-of-the-british-empire\/","title":{"rendered":"PSI\u2019s Dr. Jane Miller Awarded Order of the British Empire"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr. Jane Elizabeth Miller, Director, Maternal and Child Health Programs and Initiatives of PSI Tanzania, was awarded the celebrated Order of the British Empire award. She was granted the award \u2018for services to controlling and helping to eliminate Malaria in Tanzania\u2019. The award was given at the Queen\u2019s Palace on July 9th.<\/em><\/p>\n

The Order of the British Empire grants recognition for service to the arts and sciences, public services outside the Civil Service and work with charitable or welfare organizations.<\/p>\n

Dr. Miller first came to Tanzania in 1994 as a research fellow with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, her mission being to develop the first kit for home treatment of mosquito nets.<\/p>\n

In 1998, Jane launched the SMITN project, funded by DfID which first promoted and distributed the net treatment kits under the brand name Ngao (\u201cShield\u201d in Kiswahili). Jane and her team successfully managed the expansion of the SMITN project into SMARTNET. SMARTNET in its turn demonstrated how commercial ITN production and distribution can be stimulated, while ensuring increased net coverage through the effective targeting of subsidies using vouchers. She led the introduction of new technology into Tanzania, resulting in a dramatic increase in access to treated nets. She also played a crucial role in helping the Tanzanian Net Manufacturers (TNMS) eliminate taxes and tariffs on nets and polyester yarn, thereby helping to keep the price of mosquito nets as low as possible.<\/p>\n

Under Jane\u2019s leadership, PSI developed solid relationships with each of the four TNMs. All TNMs scaled-up net production for local markets and increased the quality of their net products through bundling with Ngao net treatment kits.<\/p>\n

A recent review by the Ifakara Health Institute has shown that there has been roughly a 50% decrease in malaria prevalence, malaria transmission and morbidity that corresponds closely to the increase in the use of nets and ITNs over the last 10 years, since Jane and PSI started SMITN. There is no doubt that Jane has helped to save the lives of many thousands of Tanzanian children and protected many millions more through her efforts in Tanzania.<\/p>","protected":false},"template":"","related_countries":[],"related_projects":[],"news_category":[],"health-area":[],"capabilities-and-cross-cutting":[],"class_list":["post-3832","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t