Malaria Control Program - Program Reports

Each year, the Carter Center's Malaria Control Program hosts an annual program review at The Carter Center in Atlanta. The objectives of the program reviews are to assess the status of each national malaria control program and impediments and problems in program implementation, as well as to discuss solutions and promote sharing and standardization of information.

In most cases, the national coordinator of the program makes the country presentation and the ensuing discussions are primarily between peers working together for malaria control. The presentations include epidemiological data on malaria in each country and an update on the status of program interventions being undertaken. Each year additional special topics that reflect current activities and priorities of the malaria program are also addressed in depth.

Oct. 22, 2013
Summary Proceedings of the 4th Annual Malaria Control Program Review: Ethiopia and Nigeria (PDF)
The fourth annual review of the Carter Center Malaria Control Program was held at The Carter Center on March 8, 2013. Participants in the meeting joined staff from the Center and the Ethiopia and Nigeria Ministries of Health (MOH) to discuss the successes and challenges experienced by the Malaria Control Programs in each country during the 2012 calendar year, and to recommend concrete actions and measurable objectives for 2013. The review focused on Nigeria and Ethiopia country-specific progress reports from the Center's field offices and MOH partners. This year's review meeting also included talks on historical and current examples of efforts to eliminate malaria at the national or sub-national levels.

Sept. 1, 2013
Guidelines for Malaria-Lymphatic Filariasis Co-Implementation in Nigeria (PDF)
The Nigeria Federal Ministry of Health developed new national guidelines for co-implementation of interventions to eliminate malaria and lymphatic filariasis (elephantiasis). This combined nationwide strategy is the first of its kind in Africa and will allow the Federal and State Ministries of Health to efficiently protect all Nigerians from the two mosquito transmitted parasitic diseases. This report is copyright by the government of Nigeria and hosted by The Carter Center with permission.

Sept. 1, 2012
Summary Proceedings of the 3rd Annual Malaria Control Program Review: Ethiopia and Nigeria (PDF)
The third annual review of the Carter Center Malaria Control Program was held at the Center on Feb. 24, 2012. Participants in the meeting joined staff from The Carter Center and the Ethiopia and Nigeria Ministries of Health (MOH) to discuss the successes and challenges experienced by the Malaria Control Programs in each country during the 2011 calendar year, and to recommend concrete actions and measurable objectives for 2012.

Nov. 18, 2011
Summary Proceedings of the 2nd Annual Malaria Control Program Review: Ethiopia and Nigeria (PDF)
The second annual review of The Carter Center Malaria Control Program was held at The Center on February 25, 2011. The objective of the meeting was to receive status updates from the national ministries of health in Ethiopia and Nigeria, hear about the ways that The Carter Center is providing assistance to the national programs, identify challenges encountered in planning and implementation, and share examples of successes and best practice as a source of motivation and inspiration. Through fruitful discussion, recommendations were made for future implementation, surveillance and assessment activities.

Dec. 1, 2010
Summary Proceedings of the 1st Annual Malaria Control Program Review: Enhancing Impact Through Integrated Strategies (PDF)
The Malaria Program at The Carter Center, which was launched in 2006, had its Program Review on March 26, 2010. The meeting covered work done in partnership with Ministries of Health (MOH) in Ethiopia, Nigeria and Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic), with the theme of the meeting being "Enhancing Impact through Integrated Strategies."

Nov. 1, 2009
Integrated Project for Malaria and Trachoma Control in Amhara National Regional State: The Third MALTRA Week Activity Report (PDF)
MALTRA III campaign was carried out in 71 woredas of North Gondar, South Gondar, East Gojjam, West Gojjam, and Awi. During the campaign 4,275 teams consisting of 17, 100 community members were deployed to 1,750 Kebeles to provide package of services to 9,309,143 people. During the week-long campaign, 8,597,677 people (92.4 percent of the target population) received Zithromax® (donated by Pfizer Inc.) and tetracycline eye ointment for the prevention and treatment of trachoma. A total of 32, 110 people were treated for malaria.

Oct. 15, 2009
Eliminating Malaria and Lymphatic Filariasis from Hispaniola
In 2006, the International Task Force for Disease Eradication (ITFDE) concluded that elimination of malaria and lymphatic filariasis (LF) from Hispaniola (Dominican Republic and Haiti), which is the only endemic island remaining in the Caribbean for both diseases, is "technically feasible, medically desirable, and would be economically beneficial." Former US President Jimmy Carter and staff from The Carter Center visited Dajabón, Dominican Republic and Ouanaminthe, Haiti (clinics, malaria prevention and control offices, homes of families, and mosquito breeding sites) on Oct.7, 2009 and met with the respective heads of state, ministers of health, partner organizations, and donor representatives on October 8. During the visit, the two Ministries of Health announced a bi-national plan to eliminate malaria from the entire island by 2020, at a combined cost of US$194 million (two-thirds for Haiti, one-third for the Dominican Republic) or $1 per person per year, using active epidemiological surveillance, free diagnosis and treatment, health education, and vector control, including selective indoor residual spraying and long-lasting insecticide-treated bed nets.
Read the plan: Eliminating Malaria from Hispaniola: A Binational Effort (PDF) >
Read the plan: Eliminating Lymphatic Filariasis from Haiti (PDF) >

Sept. 1, 2009
2008 Malaria Control Program Review (PDF)
Summary of the proceedings of the Carter Center's Malaria Control Program for 2008. At work in Ethiopia and Nigeria, the Center's malaria control effort can be grouped into five principal activities: program implementation, LLIN provision, behavior change communication, monitoring and evaluation and operational research.

Oct. 1, 2008
2007 Malaria Control Program Review (PDF)
The following is the first summary of the proceedings of the Carter Center's Malaria Control Program. In 2006, at the invitation of the Ethiopian Ministry of Health, The Carter Center joined Ethiopia's national effort to provide protection to all 50 million Ethiopians at-risk for malaria through an ambitious plan to distribute long lasting insecticidal nets throughout all malarious areas by the end of 2007. The Carter Center was also asked to help in national efforts to monitor and evaluate the progress and success of the national control program itself. The program builds on existing Carter Center programmatic networks in parts of Ethiopia while working closely with the Ministry of Health's extensive malaria control program at national, regional and local levels.

Sept. 2, 2008
Ethiopia 2007 National Malaria Indicator Survey (PDF)
The Ethiopia National Malaria Indicator Survey, published in 2008, summarizes the findings of a 2007 survey carried out from October through December 2007. The survey was implemented by the Malaria and Other Vector-Borne Diseases Prevention and Control team of the Federal Ministry of Health Ethiopia, the government of Ethiopia's Central Statistics Agency, The Carter Center, the World Health Organization, the United States Agency for International Development, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. President's Malaria Initiative), the United Nations Children's Fund of Ethiopia, the Center for National Health Development in Ethiopia, the Malaria Consortium, and the Malaria Control and Evaluation Partnership in Africa, a program at PATH. This report is copyright the government of Ethiopia and hosted by The Carter Center with permission.

Sept. 2, 2008
Ethiopia 2007 National Malaria Indicator Survey Technical Summary (PDF)
The Ethiopia National Malaria Indicator Survey, published in 2008, summarizes the findings of a 2007 survey carried out from October through December 2007. The survey was implemented by the Malaria and Other Vector-Borne Diseases Prevention and Control team of the Federal Ministry of Health Ethiopia, the government of Ethiopia's Central Statistics Agency, The Carter Center, the World Health Organization, the United States Agency for International Development, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (U.S. President's Malaria Initiative), the United Nations Children's Fund of Ethiopia, the Center for National Health Development in Ethiopia, the Malaria Consortium, and the Malaria Control and Evaluation Partnership in Africa, a program at PATH. This report is copyright the government of Ethiopia and hosted by The Carter Center with permission.

Aug. 25, 2008
Summary 2007 Program Review for The Lions-Carter Center SightFirst River Blindness Programs (PDF)
The Carter Center's Malaria Control Program is integrated with its other health programs including river blindness and trachoma. Some information on the Malaria Control Program's achievements were included in the proceedings of the most recent River Blindness Program meeting in February 2008 at The Carter Center in Atlanta. Please see page 66 for information on the Malaria Control Program.

Aug. 1, 2007
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Malaria and Trachoma in Ethiopia (PDF)
A household cluster survey conducted by The Carter Center was carried out in Amhara, Oromia and Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples' (SNNP) regions of Ethiopia during December 2006 to January 2007, during the end of the malaria season. The purpose was to obtain baseline information before large scale distribution of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) in early- to mid 2007 and implementation of other integrated programs for prevention of malaria, trachoma and onchocerciasis.