How to Strengthen Gender Approaches within the Malaria Response

This document provides practical guidance on integrating key gender approaches into malaria programs, with the aim of accelerating progress against the disease. It is intended for use by Global Fund partners who are designing, implementing, and evaluating malaria programs at country level.

This resource explores the links between sex, gender and malaria, and highlights three programmatic approaches that implementers can use to advance gender equality in the context of malaria:
(1) women’s economic empowerment;
(2) antenatal care (ANC) as an entry point for gender focused interventions on malaria; and 
(3) the promotion of gender equality in the health and care workforce.

A range of real-world examples show how it is possible to integrate gender into malaria and primary health programs in a practical, manageable way.