Supporting Uganda’s Malaria Reduction and Elimination Strategy (SUMRES)

Objectives

The aim of this project is to reduce the morbidity and mortality of malaria and other common illnesses in 11 target districts in the north of Uganda, with the goal of achieving malaria-free districts through interventions including iCCM; capacity building at private health facilities; surveillance; and health system strengthening.
Specific objectives are:
1) to increase the proportion of trained village health teams (VHTs) who can correctly diagnose/treat malaria in underfives from 80 to 95 percent
2) to increase the proportion of people reached with malaria messaging from 31 to 50 percent
3) to ensure that at least 90 percent of the population sustains/correctly uses their acquired knowledge of preventive and curative malaria measures
4) to increase percentage of districts meeting improvement targets on standard capacity assessment tools from 75 to 85 percent and maintain data completeness of over 90 percent in the public health sector
5) to achieve timely and correct treatment of at least 90 percent of malaria cases at public, private and community level as per national treatment guidelines
6) to increase the proportion of public/private health facilities that submit timely, complete reports from 85 to 95 percent
7) to create an enabling environment among 80 percent of districts to deliver interventions through partnerships, multi-sectoral collaboration and capacity development of civil society organisations (CSOs), delivering training, mentorship and funding for the activities