For over three decades, MSH has been supporting governments, donors, and international and local stakeholders in over 40 countries to fight malaria by scaling-up proven interventions to combat malaria, while building the capacity of health systems and developing innovative tools and technologies to prevent and treat the disease.
At this year’s American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene’s (ASTMH) Annual Meeting—#TropMed2024—in New Orleans, LA, from November 13–17, our MSH delegation presented on a range of research topics, including improving malaria diagnosis, treatment, and prevention, strengthening health systems by enhancing data quality, improving the diagnostic and case management capacities of frontline health workers, and promoting the rational use of antimalarials.
A community health volunteer picking up supplies during a seasonal malaria chemoprevention campaign in Nigeria
#5122: Addressing Malaria Diagnosis Challenges in Plateau State: Leveraging Malaria RDTs for Effective Health Care Delivery
First Author: Abubakar Attahir
#6888: WhatsApp Messaging and Use of Malaria Service Guides and Fever Management Tools in Cross River State, Nigeria
First Author: Oluwatobiloba Akerele
#6944: Health System Strengthening through Data Quality Improvements: A Comparative Analysis of Health Facility Data Quality Performance from Initial Assessments to Subsequent Visits
First Author: Aderonke Omokhapue
#6948: Advancing Malaria Care through Varied Interventions: Improving Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Test (RDT) Use in Four Nigerian States—Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, and Zamfara
First Author: Comfort Kingsley-Randa
#6949: Optimizing the End of Cycle (EOC) Reporting for Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) Campaign in Zamfara State
First Author: Dlakwa Shiwan
Insecticide-treated bed net distribution in Adamawa State, Nigeria. Photo credit: MSH
#7203: Improving Data Quality and Supply Chain Service Delivery through Targeted Capacity Building in Resource-Constrained Settings: A Case Study of Selected Two Local Government Areas in Kano State, Northern Nigeria
First Author: Bravo Otohabru
#7204: Utilization of Malaria Core Team Strategy Enhances State Government Staff Capacity and Improves Efficiency: A Case Study of Ogun State, Southwest Nigeria
#7302: Impact of Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) on the Incidence of Malaria among Children under the Age of Five Years in Lau Local Government Area of Taraba State
First Author: Joshua Emeni
#7330: The Integral Role of GIS in the Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention Campaign to Improve Monitoring—A Case Study of Taraba State, Northeast, Nigeria
First Author: Jerry Agulehi
Saturday, November 16—11:00 AM–12:45 PM CST—Poster Session C
Community health workers educate a community member on malaria prevention practices. Photo credit: MSH
#7040: Evaluation of External Quality Assurance Efforts on Malaria diagnosis in four Nigerian States (2021-2023)
First Author and Presenter: Abiodun Ojo
#7670: Enhancing the Quality of Malaria Surveillance through Power BI across Benue State Health Facilities, 2023
First Author: Iorwuese Hycienth Sesugh
#7936: Increasing Access to Quality Malaria Services through On-The-Job Capacity Building of Front-Line Health Workers- Lessons from Health Facility Monitoring Visits in Three Southern Nigerian States
First Author: Chinwe Nweze
#7942: Improving Malaria Case Management Quality by Reducing Irrational Use of Antimalarials: A Systems Thinking Approach in Four Southern States (Akwa Ibom, Cross River, Ebonyi, and Oyo) in Nigeria
Using Social Media to Encourage the Uptake of Malaria Preventive Treatment by Pregnant Women in Nigeria
Two years into our partnership with Meta, we used ad credits to run social behavior change campaigns on Facebook and Instagram, encouraging the uptake…
