Strengthening malaria surveillance systems to improve malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment in Mozambique (Mcaps) to improve malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment

Malaria remains a priority public health concern in Mozambique, one of six countries that contributes to more than half of all global malaria cases.The provinces of Manica, Nampula and Zambezia record the highest malaria rates and accounted for 72 percent of reported cases in children under five in 2021. Nampula and Zambezia alone accounted for 50 percent of reported cases nationally for all age groups. While the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP) has made great progress in addressing malaria in recent years, several challenges remain. These include suboptimal quality of care at health facilities due to insufficient adherence to malaria policies and guidelines, inadequate supervision, limited resources, poor data quality and data use, and limited access to malaria services. Malaria Consortium is supporting the NMCP to address capacity strengthening around the provision of malaria services. This work draws on our experience of supporting the NMCP to establish an integrated malaria information storage system (iMISS) and surveillance system through our surveillance-strengthening project in 2018–2022. The project is planed to be implemented between June 2022 – July 2027 and covers 57 districts, 649 health care facilities and approximately 14 million people across Manica, Nampula and Zambezia.

Malaria Consortium-Project details

Combination of Interventions
Diagnostics
Leadership & Governance

Jun 2022 — Jul 2027

Mozambique