Malaria Reprioritization Tool

Created by the Urban Malaria Lab (UML) at Loyola University Chicago, the Malaria Reprioritization Tool (MRPT) is a decision support tool designed to help national malaria programs inform resource allocation and reprioritization. The tool runs both online and offline, allowing malaria programs to clean their data, impute missing values, and integrate socioeconomic, environmental, and transmission data to rank the lowest administrative units by risk level using a composite scoring methodology. Integrations with Google Earth Pro and OpenStreetMap facilitate the creation of strategic, settlement-level microplans and nationwide net distribution plans. This specificity ensures that reprioritization of resources like bed nets happens effectively, targeting areas with the highest need and optimizing malaria control efforts. 

 

The MRPT was co-developed with Nigeria’s National Malaria Elimination Programme (NMEP). Building upon the MRPT’s computational engine and integrating OpenAI’s GPT-4o, UML is finalizing the development of ChatMRPT—an intelligent copilot that transforms complex malaria surveillance data into actionable insights using machine learning, a composite scoring methodology, and natural language interaction. This tool will be piloted with Nigeria’s state malaria program officers in October 2025.