Malaria

Pharmacist Mary Yeesuf in her office

Combating Malaria on a Global Scale in Nigeria

Nigeria has the largest population in Africa, now exceeding 200 million across 36 states. Unfortunately, Nigeria is also home to 25% of the world’s malaria cases. MSH is a partner to the Government of Nigeria in combating malaria. Through our work with the Global Fund, covering 13 states, and USAID and the President’s Malaria Initiative, which will cover 8 states, MSH is supporting Nigeria’s National Malaria Eradication Plan from the ministry to the facility level across nearly 60% of the country. This means MSH is directly supporting 15% of the global malaria response in one country alone.

Fighting Malaria

MSH has been fighting malaria for three decades in over 40 countries. In partnership with national malaria control programs (NMCPs), donors, and international and local stakeholders, we help countries scale-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.

We build strong health systems that deliver high-quality antimalaria health services by developing accreditation standards—such as treatment guidelines—and building capacity of district officials, health workers, and community members. We support health departments in establishing benchmarks and leveraging health data to guide health workers toward improving the quality of service delivery for malaria and other illnesses.

Our approach to fighting malaria includes: 

  • Developing accreditation standards 
  • Improving the quality of malaria diagnosis and treatment
  • Engaging the private sector
  • Strengthening drug supply chains, data for decision making, and rational use of malaria products

Join MSH at the ASTMH 2024 Annual Meeting

Our MSH delegation will present 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.

Management Sciences for Health, Liberian Government Partner with USAID to Strengthen Liberia’s Health System

Under the Local Health Solutions (LHS) Activity in Liberia, MSH will provide guidance and support to six Liberian organizations—four of which are women-led—as they implement a package of quality improvement and health systems strengthening interventions in targeted counties to improve primary health care services.

“Ever since I started educating people about the benefits of mosquito bed nets, no one has died from malaria in my village,” says Leany Fameno in Madagascar. Fameno is one of the thousands of community health volunteers empowered by the MSH-led, USAID-funded ACCESS program with the tools and skills to foster social behavior change, including the proper use of bed nets.
The private health sector, including health facilities and drug shops (where clients purchase medications without consultation), is an important source of malaria treatment in Malawi. USAID’s ONSE Health Activity is supporting private health clinics in standardizing and improving the diagnosis, treatment, and case management they offer to malaria patients. Through intensive supportive supervision, coaching, and mentoring, ONSE designs customized capacity building and targeted support for private-for-profit facilities and providers to stay up-to-date on evidence-based diagnostic tools, medicines, and treatment protocols and to ensure that they are effectively regulated and linked to the public health system.

Meet Our Technical Experts

Please direct all inquiries and media or speaking engagement requests for our Technical Experts to Jordan Coriza at jcoriza@msh.org or 617-250-9107.