National Malaria Strategic Plan (NMSP) of Afghanistan: 2023 – 2026

The National strategic plan to control malaria in Afghanistan 2023 – 2026, has been developed with the goal to ensure that Afghanistan is on track to eliminate malaria by 2025, contributing towards the country’s development and the Sustainable Development Goals.

National strategic plan provides comprehensive technical guidance to National Malaria & other Vector Borne Disease Program (MVDP), Ministry of Publich Health, and all the partners contributing to malaria control in Afghanistan on the importance of scaling up malaria responses and moving towards elimination. It also highlights the urgent need to increase investments across all interventions including preventive measures, diagnostics testing, treatment, and disease surveillance as well as in harnessing innovations in community-based interventions, inter-sectoral collaboration and advocacy, cross-border and regional cooperation, and health system strengthening and expanding research. Guidance provided in the Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016-2030 has been taken into account while developing the strategy. 

Recent progress on malaria has shown us that with adequate investments and the right mix of strategies, it can indeed make remarkable strides against this complicated enemy. Strong political commitment will be needed to see this through and expand financing. The focus should be a shared goal: to create Afghanistan in which no one dies of malaria.