Our Towards Malaria Elimination project supported 22 health facilities in three malaria highly burdened districts of North Western Province, Kalumbila, Mwinilunga and Ikelenge between 2021 and 2023.
The project strengthened community systems through community engagement activities, social behavior change communication as well as testing and treating for malaria, especially for the under five children and their mothers.
Just like any other health project, we positioned communities to be right at the centre of the Malaria fight. 221 Commu-nity dialog meeting were hosted in year 1 by 3,954 local leaders of the villages to discuss the strategy of malaria elimination and the health behaviors to change. Communities formed more than 100 Malaria Action Groups who together with 227 Malaria champions carried out the work in communities voluntarily.
They focused on environment health. They made cleaning campaigns, to slash the grass where people are living, burned rubbish, covered water ponds, and allowed MoH to spray their houses inside. They make demonstrations how to use the bed-nets and how to make mosquito coils and repellents to keep mosquitos away.
44 Community Health Workers, who were engaged by DAPP offered advice, screening, malaria testing and treatment in households, extending services to hard-to-reach places.
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Project Fullname: Towards Malaria Elimination
Principal Partner(s): Global Fund for fighting AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria through Church Health Association of Zambia (CHAZ)
Other Partner(s): Ministry of Health
Location: 24 health facilities in Ikelenge, Mwinilunga and Kalumbila districts of North Western province.
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KEY FIGURES (July 2021 to December 2023)
- 15,143 children (0-5years old) tested and treated for malaria in community
- 107,428 persons tested for malaria in community
- 54,212 persons treated for malaria in community or 50% of those tested