Fighting Malaria Together Newsletter

Monitoring and Evaluation

Articles on malaria control monitoring and evaluation from the Fighting Malaria Together Newsletter.

Developing a rapid reporting system in Zambia
Strengthened malaria surveillance system allows for timely and accurate reporting of malaria cases.

New reports on business investing in malaria control and progress in Zambia launched
Progress & Impact Series reports demonstrate success and rapid return on investment for businesses implementing malaria control programs.

Nigeria research provides insights on bednet use—and misuse
Nigeria’s Cross River State Roll Back Malaria team is tasked with “finding” 500,000 previously distributed bednets to determine how many are still being used and why.
Tanzania trains malaria focal persons in supervision and monitoring
Tanzania’s National Malaria Control Program strengthens monitoring and evaluation of malaria activities at the regional level.
Malaria burden assessment on Likoma Island, Malawi
Research teams assess the disease burden and coverage of interventions in Likoma District prior to implementation of universal coverage interventions on the island.

Report shows nearly three-quarters of a million lives saved by malaria prevention
Researchers use modeling to estimate number malaria deaths prevented in the last ten years. By Dr. Thom Eisele, Tulane University.
AMP holds workshops on monitoring and evaluation of LLIN scale-up efforts
Experts from 14 countries gathered in Nairobi to identify critical information to be collected during and after LLIN campaigns to improve overall scale-up efforts.