Tag Archives: Malaria

HFG Malaria Technical Review

HFG Project, Malaria and Other Vector-borne Disease, Publications

Resource Type: Brief Authors: Sophie Faye and Kelley Ambrose Published: September 2018 Resource Description: Many countries have made impressive gains in decreasing malaria mortality and incidence. Malaria mortality has decreased by 60 percent, with 6.2 million lives saved since 2000. Yet, to achieve a malaria-free world, funding for cost-effective interventions and efficient malaria control programs must be sustained […]

Malaria Economic Research Guide

Malaria and Other Vector-borne Disease, Publications

Resource Type: Guide Authors:  Health Finance and Governance Project Published: September 2018 Resource Description: In November 2015, the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) and the Health Finance and Governance Project (HFG) hosted a consultative session on the Economic Impact of Malaria Control at the 64th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH) in Philadelphia. […]

Malaria Economic Research Literature Scan Tool & Guide

Announcements, Malaria and Other Vector-borne Disease

Many countries have made impressive gains in decreasing malaria mortality and incidence. Mortality has decreased by 60 percent, with 6.2 million lives saved since 2000. To achieve a malaria-free world, funding for cost-effective interventions and efficient malaria control programs must be sustained to preserve gains, reduce, and ultimately eliminate transmission. The WHO Global Technical Strategy […]

Scaling up malaria intervention “packages” in Senegal: Using cost effectiveness data for improving allocative efficiency and programmatic decision-making

Journal Publications, Malaria and Other Vector-borne Disease, Where We Work

Resource Type: Journal Article Authors:  Sophie Faye, Altea Cico, Alioune Badara Gueye, Elaine Baruwa, Benjamin Johns, Médoune Ndiop, and Martin Alilio Published: April 10, 2018 Resource Description: Senegal’s National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) implements control interventions in the form of targeted packages: (1) scale-up for impact (SUFI), which includes bed nets, intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy, rapid […]

Landscape Analysis of Incentive Structures of Village and Mobile Malaria Workers in Cambodia

Publications, Where We Work

Resource Type: Report Author: Health Finance and Governance (HFG) project Published: February 2018 Resource Description: This landscape analysis was commissioned by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) to clarify the range of incentive mechanisms used, and identify ways to improve the program’s effectiveness, sustainability, and alignment with other community health worker (CHW) programs in Cambodia. […]

Exploring the use of routinely-available, retrospective data to study the association between malaria control scale-up and micro-economic outcomes in Zambia

Journal Publications, Malaria and Other Vector-borne Disease, Vector-borne Diseases, Where We Work

Country-level evidence on the impact of malaria control on micro-economic outcomes is vital for mobilizing domestic and donor resources for malaria control. Using routinely available survey data could facilitate this investigation in a cost-efficient way. The authors of this study used Malaria Indicator Surveys (MIS) and Living Conditions Monitoring Survey (LCMS) data from 2006 to […]

Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme: Ensuring Access to Malaria Services with Financial Protection

Health Insurance (CBHI, SHI), Malaria and Other Vector-borne Disease, Publications, Vector-borne Diseases, Where We Work

Malaria is a major cause of disease burden and poverty in Ghana and is the number one cause of morbidity and mortality of children under 5, making universal access to appropriate interventions for all populations at risk of malaria in Ghana a key health sector goal. Ghana’s National Health Insurance Scheme (NHIS) provides access to […]

Contributing to the Global Malaria Economic Evidence Base

Announcements, Where We Work

Malaria is one of global health’s resounding success stories. The numbers speak for themselves: Efforts to prevent malaria in pregnancy have averted 94,000 newborn deaths between 2009 and 2012. Malaria mortality has decreased by 60 percent, with 6.2 million lives saved since 2000. Between 2000 and 2015, 57 countries reduced malaria cases by at least 75 percent. But […]

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Malaria Control Interventions and Broader Health System Implications

Announcements, Leads, Where We Work

Worldwide, malaria deaths are down by 60 percent, and the Malaria Consortium estimates that more than six million lives have been saved since 2000. Ending malaria for good will require sustained financing for malaria control interventions, and sound evidence of the broader economic impacts of these activities to ensure smart investments. In recognition of World Malaria […]

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