Medicines for Malaria Venture

The Swiss Malaria Group members are operating in almost all malaria endemic countries. With their commitment they are contributing to the global fight against malaria. For more information on our members, please go to the member's website by clicking on the member's logo.

Project 1

Making injectable and rectal artesunate available to vulnerable populations to address severe malaria (--> reduction in deaths of young children with severe malaria from 8% to < 0.5%)

Länder

zambia nigeria

Auswirkung

5 districts, 74% of their population (ca. 54,000) 225 Community Health Volunteers Population covered aimed to be scaled up to 268,800

Dauer

2010 - ongoing

Aktivität

Treatment

Project 5

Chemoprevention of seasonal P. falciparum malaria in children.

Länder

burkina-faso cameroon chad gambia guinea guinea-bissau ghana mali niger nigeria senegal togo

Auswirkung

29 million children

Aktivität

Treatment

Terre des Hommes

The Swiss Malaria Group members are operating in almost all malaria endemic countries. With their commitment they are contributing to the global fight against malaria. For more information on our members, please go to the member's website by clicking on the member's logo.

Project 1

Support of health system strengthening through the implementation of an electronic job aid, leDA-REC, to guide primary health workers on the use of Integrated Management of childhood Illness (IMCI) protocol. This improves significantly access of under-5 children in underserved rural settings to malaria case management (diagnosis, treatment and referral of severe cases).

Länder

burkina-faso mali niger

Auswirkung

leDA-REC is in use in more than 1221 primary health care facilities, used by 4,800 health care workers --> more than 5.4 mio consultations have been done so far with this tool (2.6 mio children)

Aktivität

Health System Strengthening