Malaria and children: Progress in intervention coverage - Unicef

3
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Figure 2 Global mosquito net procurement
has been rapidly scaled up
1
2000
2
4 4
2002
7
2004
17
25
2006
Number of insecticidetreated
nets procured
by UNICEF, 2000–2006
(millions)
Note:
Data refer to
insecticide-treated nets
treated by the user and
long-lasting insecticidal
nets. Since 2004 data
refer mostly to longlasting
insecticidal nets.
Source:
UNICEF Supply
Division data, 2007.
120
100
80
60
40
20
Figure 3 Recent and rapid scale-up in the
global procurement of artemisininbased
combination therapies
0
3 4
2003
2004
51
2005
100
2006
Number of doses of
artemisinin-based
combination therapies
procured worldwide,
2003–2006 (millions)
Source:
Roll Back Malaria
database, 2007;
UNICEF Supply
Division data, 2007;
and WHO and UNICEF
2005b.
Malaria and children Executive summary
This report’s findings are based on
new malaria data that allow for a
more comprehensive assessment of
progress in malaria control intervention
coverage across a large number
of countries. In addition, this report
comes during a rapid transition in
the fight against malaria, when many
sub- Saharan countries have only
recently scaled up intervention coverage
or are in the process of doing
so. Therefore, data for some countries
may not yet reflect higher coverage
rates. (For example, Ethiopia
has distributed more than 18 million
nets since its last household survey in
2005.) The data in this report should
be viewed in the rapidly changing
context of efforts to scale up malaria
control intervention coverage.
The impressive gains in the fight
against malaria across numerous sub-
Saharan African countries show that
major progress can be achieved—and
in a short period of time. Many countries
have quickly absorbed sizeable
additional resources directed towards
combating malaria to accelerate their
national malaria programmes. Additional
resources have supported new
and more effective malaria control
interventions, such as long-lasting
Map 1 African countries have rapidly changed drug policies to
include more effective drugs
2003
The designations employed in this
publication and the presentation of
the material do not imply on the
part of the United Nations
Children’s Fund or the Roll Back
Malaria Partnership the expression
of any opinion whatsoever
concerning the legal status of any
country or territory, or of its
authorities or the delimitations of
its frontiers.
insecticidal nets, and have helped
reduce bottlenecks in the supply of
key malaria control commodities.
These recent gains create a strong
foundation from which countries
can work towards achieving global
malaria goals and targets. But
enhanced commitments and bolder
efforts are needed to meet these
2007
Country
recommendations for
first-line treatment of
uncomplicated malaria,
2003 and 2007
Artemisinin-based
combination therapy
Other antimalarial
medicine (for
example, chloroquine,
sulfadoxinepryimethamine)
Non-malaria-endemic
area
Source: WHO and UNICEF 2003c; World Health Organization Global Malaria Programme
website [www.who.int/malaria/treatmentpolicies.html].
ambitious targets. Keys to success
include scaling-up malaria intervention
coverage through accelerated
community-based programming
efforts and integrating malaria
programming into existing service
delivery mechanisms such as the
Expanded Programme on Immunisation,
child health days and antenatal
care services.