Strategies, programmes and initiatives
Malaria can be diagnosed by clinical signs (presumptive diagnosis), microscopy, rapid diagnostic tests and DNA-based methods. Various drugs are used in the treatment of malaria. However, due to development and spread of resistance, artemisinin-based combination therapies (ACT) are strongly advocated, and regular surveillance of drug efficacy is now a routine activity.
Malaria can be controlled by targeting either the vector, using insecticide-treated bed nets (ITNs), indoor residual spraying, or genetic and biological manipulations; or the parasite, through mass drug administration and intermittent preventive treatment in pregnant women, infants and children. A number of candidate malaria vaccines are also on various levels of field trial.
- Partners in impact: results report
- This report presents the results, progress and challenges of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (Global Fund). The report highlights key achievements: Global Fund supported programmes have significantly expanded the delivery of key services including 18 million insecticide-treated bednets.
Recommended reading
- Guidelines for malaria control recommended by RBM Department, WHO
- ( Roll Back Malaria, World Health Organization (WHO) , 2004)
- Recommended reading
- Effective malaria control requires effective prevention and treatment programmes. The World Health Organization (WHO) Roll Back Malaria (RBM) Department establishes and promotes – based on evidence an...
- Scaling-up insecticide-treated netting programmes in Africa: a strategic framework for co-ordinated national action
- ( Roll Back Malaria, World Health Organization (WHO) , 2002)
- Recommended reading
- One of the principal technical approaches of the Roll Back Malaria (RBM) partnership is promoting increased ownership and use of insecticide-treated netting (ITN) materials. The African summit on roll...
Latest Additions
- Increasing the distribution of insecticide-treated nets in Tanzania
- ( J. Mulligan;J. Yukich;K. Hanson / Malaria Journal, BioMed Central , 2008)
- This paper published in Malaria Journal examines the Tanzanian approach to scaling up coverage of insecticide-treated nets (ITN) to reduce the transmission of malaria. The approach focuses on deliveri...
- Improving the practices, compliance and performance of private drug sellers in Tanzania
- ( S. E. D. Nsimba / East African Journal of Public Health , 2007)
- This paper in the East African Journal of Public Health, evaluates the effectiveness of an education programme aimed at improving the practices, compliance and performance of private drug sellers in u...
- Developing an integrated approach to malaria interventions in Tanzania
- ( M. W. Hetzel;N. Iteba;A. Makemba / Malaria Journal, BioMed Central , 2007)
- This impact evaluation published in Malaria Journal looks at the ACCESS Programme in Tanzania. The programme's strategy is based on a set of integrated malaria interventions, including social marketin...
