Malaria action plan for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2022-2030

Malaria action plan for the Eastern Mediterranean Region, 2022-2030

In 2016, the WHO Regional Office for the Eastern Mediterranean developed the Regional malaria action plan 2016–2020: towards a malaria-free Region, in consultation with all countries in the Region. This iteration of the regional action plan was in line with resolution EM/RC55/R.9, global resolutions pertaining to malaria control and elimination, and other related regional strategies, including integrated vector management and public health pesticides management frameworks. The goal, objectives, targets and approaches of the regional action plan were in line with the WHO Global technical strategy for malaria 2016−2030 (GTS), adopted by the Sixty-eighth World Health Assembly in May 2015 (WHA68.2).

In 2021, during the development of a new regional action plan, analysis of global and regional data indicated that the Eastern Mediterranean Region was not on track to reach GTS and Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets. The goal, objectives, targets and approaches of the new plan will keep the aspirational aims of the GTS. However, the new plan will also consider the specific situation in the Region when setting regional targets. In view of the diversity of malaria burdens across the Region, this action plan sets out specific strategic approaches and malaria interventions for endemic countries, countries approaching malaria elimination and malaria-free countries.