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 THE GRANTThe objective of the Malaria Control Policy Assessment project is to evaluate the effectiveness of malaria interventions and provide decision-makers with the best possible information about malaria control efforts. Principal Investigator:Malaria Control Policy Assessment ProjectMany countries and health organizations have dedicated new attention and resources to expanding coverage of anti-malaria interventions in the past decade. These interventions include established practices, such as indoor residual spraying, and more recent innovations, such as long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets. Studies examining the efficacy of these interventions suggest they are potentially powerful tools in combating malaria. Some countries – including Eritrea, Ethiopia, and Zambia – have made remarkable progress in malaria control in the past decade, according to the World Health Organization and others. If these apparent successes can be validated, the results would have significant implications for both policy and advocacy. Yet the data are limited, and important questions remain about the consequences of sustained application of these interventions on a larger scale. These questions range from whether efficacy studies can be carried out at the population level to whether widespread use of interventions could lead to eventual resistance to drugs or insecticides. Through its Malaria Control Policy Assessment project, IHME will evaluate the effectiveness of malaria interventions in two countries by analyzing trends such as reductions in child mortality. Our goal is to provide decision-makers both locally and internationally with the best possible information about what has worked – and what has not – to reduce the burden of malaria. Ultimately, we intend to answer the question: What proportion of the reduction in child mortality is attributable to malaria-control interventions, accounting for all other childhood mortality interventions? We will do this by compiling all available data and collecting new data to analyze trends in malaria, both nationally and subnationally, in the countries of study. CollaboratorsIHME will work collaboratively with a number of organizations to carry out this project, including international global health institutions and the World Health Organization’s Global Malaria Programme as well as in-country researchers, policymakers, and health care workers. For more information, please contact: evaluations@healthmetricsandevaluation.org |
