Last Updated: 08/08/2024
Enhancement of Malaria response in South Sudan through the improvement in access, utilization and quality of preventive/diagnostic/curative services and their integration to the three levels of care of the health system of Amadi State
Objectives
The project aims at improving the malaria response at community and health system level for host and displaced population and most vulnerable groups in Western Equatoria State.
The main objective of the operational research component is to fill current gaps in malaria epidemiology knowledge (prevalence of infection, Plasmodium species, HRP deletion and antimalarial drug resistance in Plasmodium falciparum) and in diagnosis skills (rapid diagnostic test, microscopy) through large-scale molecular investigations and capacity building at three peripheral health centers.
University of Pisa, Italy
Ministry of Health (MOH) South Sudan, South Sudan
Malaria is endemic in South Sudan, and represents the leading cause of morbidity and mortality in the country. Implementation of preventive, diagnostic and therapeutic measures and definition of a comprehensive, evidence-based malaria response plan are hampered by supplies stock out, limited knowledge of health staff, lack of resources and coordination, limited surveillance capacities.
This project is coordinated by the NGO Doctors With Africa CUAMM (CUAMM), which objectives have been defined together with the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) of South Sudan and which has been endorsed by the Country Coordination Mechanism (CCM) of the Republic of South Sudan for Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Diagnostics
Health Systems & Op. Research
Humanitarian Emergencies
Vulnerable Populations
Jan 2021 — Jun 2021
$551,867
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