MACEPA Learning Community
MACEPA is demonstrating that scaling up malaria prevention and control saves lives, reduces illness, and decreases the economic burden malaria exerts on affected communities. National ownership and strengthened planning, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation are central to this effort.
WHAT'S NEW
Zambia 2008 National Malaria Control Plan Published
Zambia’s 2008 National Malaria Control Action Plan has been published to guide malaria control activities throughout the program year. The plan discusses achievements and challenges faced in 2007 and outlines actions to be taken in 2008. Reflecting several months of discussion and planning, the plan prioritizes strategies for scaling up malaria transmission reduction efforts, providing prompt and effective case management, and increasing program support, and offers a package of interventions to reduce malaria during pregnancy.
Global Fund e-forum launch
In preparation for this year’s Partnership Forum, the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria recently launched an e-forum on the theme “Listening to Voices: Stronger and More Effective Partnership for Sustained Impact” that is intended to engender dialogue regarding the Global Fund’s performance. Recommendations developed in the e-forum, which is open to anyone, will be used to guide policy discussions during the Partnership Forum to be held in Dakar, Senegal, on December 8 – 10.
RBM Zambezi Expedition completes its journey
The Zambezi River – the fourth largest river basin in the African continent – was recently the site of a two-month expedition to call global attention to the fight against malaria. Navigating almost 3,000 km and crossing Angola, Namibia, Botswana, Zambia, Zimbabwe, and Mozambique, the RBM Zambezi Expedition highlighted the successes and challenges of malaria control in the region. The crew, traveling in four inflatable boats and accompanied by journalists from around the world, made multiple stops in each country to assess the malaria situation and to hand out bednets and medicines.
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Photo by David Jacobs.