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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%)

Countries

zambia nigeria

Impact

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

Duration

2010 - ongoing

Activity

Treatment

Project 2

Supporting development of a key easy-to-administer and long-protective antimalarial - dihydroartemisinin-piperaquine (Euroartesim).

Countries

indonesia mozambique tanzania zambia

Duration

Ongoing

Activity

Treatment

Syngenta

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

Launch of ACTELLIC 300CS for IRS & following establishment of NgenIRS project. The project's aim is to make the most effective, long lasting insecticides available to malaria control programmes to support insecticide resistance management strategies.

Countries

benin burkina-faso ethiopia ghana kenya madagascar mali malawi mozambique rwanda tanzania uganda zambia zimbabwe

Impact

6.7 million units of ACTELLIC procured

Duration

2013/2016 - ongoing

Activity

Vector control