Private Sector Malaria Prevention (PSMP) Programme

Objectives

The goal of the Ghana-based Private Sector Malaria Prevention project is to get bed nets on the shelves in the country’s shops and markets. The project is also trying to get the private sector to provide bed nets to their employees, pitching employers on the cost-effectiveness – fewer sick days, higher productivity – of keeping workers safe from malaria.

Since it began, the program:

• Created a campaign that, in part, urges companies to be “Malaria Safe,” and invest in malaria prevention in the workplace and community.
• Conducted a market analysis report looking at consumer preferences, willingness to pay, market size and more to be shared with international bed net manufacturers whose products could be sold in Ghana.
• Is working with the private sector to create a new prototype net for consumers.
• Plans in the works to create generic advertising reminding people of the benefits of sleeping under treated nets each night, hoping to boost demand for the fledgling net market.