Malaria Booster Program for Africa : Gaining Ground against a Major Challenge to Health and Development
Malaria is a treatable and preventable disease yet it remains a major challenge to achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa. It is not only a serious health problem, but an issue that cripples development. Every year, malaria infects mo...
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okr-10986-95352021-04-23T14:02:45Z Malaria Booster Program for Africa : Gaining Ground against a Major Challenge to Health and Development Qamruddin, Jumana Constantinou, Nansia ANTIMALARIAL ANTIMALARIAL TREATMENT BACK MALARIA BED NETS CHILD DEATHS CONTROL OF MALARIA DISEASE DISEASE CONTROL DRUGS ERADICATING MALARIA HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS HOSPITAL BEDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLNESSES MALARIA MALARIA CASES MALARIA CONTROL MALARIA CONTROL PROGRAMS MALARIA INTERVENTIONS MALARIA PROGRAM MALARIA TREATMENT MALARIA TREATMENTS NATIONAL MALARIA CONTROL PREGNANT WOMEN PREVENTIVE TREATMENT PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES RESIDUAL SPRAYING SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA THERAPY TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS VECTORS Malaria is a treatable and preventable disease yet it remains a major challenge to achieving the Millennium Development Goals in Africa. It is not only a serious health problem, but an issue that cripples development. Every year, malaria infects more than 500 million people around the world and is one of the leading causes of child deaths on in Africa, with 3,000 children dying from it every day. It is estimated that malaria costs Africa $12 billion a year in direct costs and lost productivity. The key features of the Booster Program are the following: (i) support for country-led operations to reduce illnesses and avoidable deaths from malaria while improving the capacity for service delivery; (ii) emphasis on both effective scale-up of critical disease control interventions and the strengthening of health systems; (iii) partnerships to broker global agreements and support country led programs; (iv) monitoring results against monies spent; and v) knowledge generation and innovations to finance global public goods for malaria control. Due in part to the efforts of the Booster Program, countries and regions are closing gaps in their health systems and employing springboard for the ultimate goal of eradicating malaria. 2012-08-13T08:53:41Z 2012-08-13T08:53:41Z 2008-02 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/9085481/malaria-booster-program-africa-gaining-ground-against-major-challenge-health-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9535 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 287 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa |
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ANTIMALARIAL ANTIMALARIAL TREATMENT BACK MALARIA BED NETS CHILD DEATHS CONTROL OF MALARIA DISEASE DISEASE CONTROL DRUGS ERADICATING MALARIA HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS HOSPITAL BEDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLNESSES MALARIA MALARIA CASES MALARIA CONTROL MALARIA CONTROL PROGRAMS MALARIA INTERVENTIONS MALARIA PROGRAM MALARIA TREATMENT MALARIA TREATMENTS NATIONAL MALARIA CONTROL PREGNANT WOMEN PREVENTIVE TREATMENT PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES RESIDUAL SPRAYING SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA THERAPY TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS VECTORS |
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ANTIMALARIAL ANTIMALARIAL TREATMENT BACK MALARIA BED NETS CHILD DEATHS CONTROL OF MALARIA DISEASE DISEASE CONTROL DRUGS ERADICATING MALARIA HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SYSTEM HEALTH SYSTEMS HOSPITAL ADMISSIONS HOSPITAL BEDS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT ILLNESSES MALARIA MALARIA CASES MALARIA CONTROL MALARIA CONTROL PROGRAMS MALARIA INTERVENTIONS MALARIA PROGRAM MALARIA TREATMENT MALARIA TREATMENTS NATIONAL MALARIA CONTROL PREGNANT WOMEN PREVENTIVE TREATMENT PRODUCTIVITY PUBLIC HEALTH PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES RESIDUAL SPRAYING SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA THERAPY TREATMENT TUBERCULOSIS VECTORS Qamruddin, Jumana Constantinou, Nansia Malaria Booster Program for Africa : Gaining Ground against a Major Challenge to Health and Development |
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Malaria is a treatable and preventable
disease yet it remains a major challenge to achieving the
Millennium Development Goals in Africa. It is not only a
serious health problem, but an issue that cripples
development. Every year, malaria infects more than 500
million people around the world and is one of the leading
causes of child deaths on in Africa, with 3,000 children
dying from it every day. It is estimated that malaria costs
Africa $12 billion a year in direct costs and lost
productivity. The key features of the Booster Program are
the following: (i) support for country-led operations to
reduce illnesses and avoidable deaths from malaria while
improving the capacity for service delivery; (ii) emphasis
on both effective scale-up of critical disease control
interventions and the strengthening of health systems; (iii)
partnerships to broker global agreements and support country
led programs; (iv) monitoring results against monies spent;
and v) knowledge generation and innovations to finance
global public goods for malaria control. Due in part to the
efforts of the Booster Program, countries and regions are
closing gaps in their health systems and employing
springboard for the ultimate goal of eradicating malaria. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Qamruddin, Jumana Constantinou, Nansia |
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Qamruddin, Jumana Constantinou, Nansia |
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Qamruddin, Jumana |
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Malaria Booster Program for Africa : Gaining Ground against a Major Challenge to Health and Development |
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Malaria Booster Program for Africa : Gaining Ground against a Major Challenge to Health and Development |
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Malaria Booster Program for Africa : Gaining Ground against a Major Challenge to Health and Development |
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Malaria Booster Program for Africa : Gaining Ground against a Major Challenge to Health and Development |
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Malaria Booster Program for Africa : Gaining Ground against a Major Challenge to Health and Development |
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malaria booster program for africa : gaining ground against a major challenge to health and development |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2012 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2008/02/9085481/malaria-booster-program-africa-gaining-ground-against-major-challenge-health-development http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9535 |
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