Malaria

Scaling up Malaria Prevention and Treatment Programs

Health worker conducts training on how to use bed nets to prevent malaria in Benin.

Reducing malaria transmission and malaria-related deaths requires comprehensive integrated programming. We employ a wide range of malaria prevention and control activities, including promotion of long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets, intermittent preventive treatment during pregnancy, improved case management using artemisinin combination therapy, supportive supervision of health care providers at the health facility and community levels, and improved procurement and logistics to ensure a reliable supply of high-quality drugs. In Ghana, URC supports the National Malaria Control Program to distribute nets more efficiently and use behavior change communication to increase use.

Billboard promoting bed net use in Cambodia

URC supports rapid scale-up of treatment for pregnant women in Ghana and Benin, where malaria in pregnancy poses a significant threat to mothers and newborns In Cambodia, we worked with the government to identify and eliminate ineffective or counterfeit drugs.

 

 

Mobile van carries message of Ghana ProMPT's anti-malaria campaign

Through a partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics, URC developed a job aid and training program to enable volunteer community health workers to use malaria rapid diagnostic tests, sparing patients trips to health facilities and long waits for diagnosis and treatment. These materials have been translated into several languages and are in use in many countries throughout Africa.

Read about our research on malaria diagnostic tools.

 

Current Projects

Benin Integrated Family Health Project (Projet Intégré de Santé Familiale, PISAF)
Funded By: US Agency for International Development and the President’s Malaria Initiative through USAID for malaria activities
Project Duration: 2006 to present

Promoting Malaria Prevention and Treatment (ProMPT)
Funded By: US Agency for International Development through the President’s Malaria Initiative
Project Duration: 2009 to present

Global Fund Consulting Services
Funded By: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Project Duration: 2007 to present

Translating Research into Action (TRAction)
Funded By: US Agency for International Development
Project Duration: 2009 to present

Technical Assistance and Support Contract 3: Global Health (TASC3 Global Health)
Funded By: United States Agency for International Development
Project Duration: 2007 to present

USAID Health Care Improvement Project (HCI) | Ethiopia
Funded By: US Agency for International Development
Project Duration: 2007 to present

USAID Health Care Improvement Project (HCI) | Global
Funded By: US Agency for International Development
Project Duration: 2007 to present

Lesotho Health Sector (LHS) Project
Funded By: Millennium Challenge Corporation
Project Duration: 2009 to present

Integrated Infectious Disease Capacity Building Evaluation (IDCAP)
Funded By: Accordia Global Health Foundation
Project Duration: 2008-present

USAID Health Care Improvement Project | Senegal
Funded By: US Agency for International Development
Project Duration: 2010 to present

Partnership for the Community Management of Child Health (Prise-C)
Funded By: U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID)
Project Duration: 2010 to present

Diagnosis and Management of Severe Febrile Illness: Tibu Homa
Funded By: US Agency for International Development
Project Duration: 2011 to present

Control and Prevention of Malaria (CAP-Malaria) Project
Funded By: US Agency for International Development Regional Development Mission for Asia (USAID RDMA)
Project Duration: 2011 to present

Past Projects

Malaria Control in Cambodia (MCC) Project
Funded By: US Agency for International Development
Project Duration: 2007-2011

Data Quality Audit (DQA) Framework
Funded By: The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria
Project Duration: 2008-2010

Nongovernmental Organization Service Delivery Program in Bangladesh
Funded By: US Agency for International Development/Bangladesh
Project Duration: 2002-2006

Central America Health Consultancies
Funded By: The World Bank
Project Duration: 1990-1995

El Salvador Strengthening Health Project Technical Assistance and Support Contract 2 (TASC2)
Funded By: US Agency for International Development
Project Duration: 2006–2009

Diagnostic Test Cost Analysis for the Developing World
Funded By: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Project Duration: 2007–2009

Health Planning and Health Delivery Systems
Funded By: US Agency for International Development
Project Duration: 1983-1990

Primary Health Care Management Advancement Program
Funded By: The Aga Khan Foundation
Project Duration: 1991-1993

Partnerships for Health Reform Project and Partners for Health Reformplus
Funded By: US Agency for International Development
Project Duration: 1995–2005

Primary Health Care Operations Research Project (PRICOR) I and II
Funded By: US Agency for International Development
Project Duration: 1981–1991

Water and Sanitation for Health
Funded By: US Agency for International Development
Project Duration: 1988–1994

Quality Assurance Project (QAP) I, II, and III
Funded By: US Agency for International Development
Project Duration: 1990-2008

Integrated Technical Assistance Project
Funded By: US Agency for International Development/South Africa
Project Duration: 2004-2008

Technical Assistance and Support Contract 2 (TASC2): Global Health
Funded By: United States Agency for International Development
Project Duration: 2004–2009