PSI

PSI provides malaria control support to national Ministries of Health in over 30 countries worldwide. PSI tailors its malaria control programs to the unique environment in each country and the needs of the Ministry of Health in line with achieving the Abuja Targets and MDGs. PSI’s malaria control programs include delivery of insecticide treated mosquito nets, pre-packaged malaria treatment, behavior change communications, and operational research.

• About PSI Malaria Control
• Read an essay by Deputy Malaria Control Director Angus Spiers, "The Target."

ACTwatch

ACTwatch is a research project designed to provide policymakers with evidence on trends in availability, price and use of antimalarials.

Malaria Prevention

PSI’s approach to mosquito net delivery engages both the public and private sectors. This allows malaria control partnerships at country level to maximize available resources and achieve rapid and sustained coverage of vulnerable populations. PSI’s net delivery strategies include routine facility-based delivery, mass free distribution for rapid scale up and engagement of the private sector. One example of this approach is in Kenya where PSI delivers free nets to pregnant women through 3,000 public antenatal clinics, while supporting a robust subsidized distribution program through Kenya’s thriving commercial sector. To date, PSI has delivered over 80 million insecticide treated mosquito nets in more than 30 countries around the world (over 20 million in 2009 alone). In 2010, PSI will deliver its 100 millionth net.

Malaria Treatment

PSI is supporting ministries of health towards achieving the second Abuja target— which states that at least 80% of children suffering from malaria must have prompt access to, and the ability to correctly use, affordable and appropriate treatment within 24 hours of the onset of symptoms. PSI believes achievement of this target requires the rapid scale up of home-based management of malaria. PSI's home management of malaria strategy includes: harnessing community-based and private sector delivery channels, communications to improve treatment seeking behavior and compliance and targeted subsidies to ensure malaria treatment is accessible. To date, PSI has delivered over 29 million malaria treatments and provided support to partners for malaria case management in several African and Asian countries, including Nigeria, DRC, Rwanda, Madagascar, Tanzania, Malawi, Zimbabwe, Uganda, Sudan, Myanmar and Cambodia.

Malaria Research

PSI's malaria control programs are grounded in quantitative and qualitative research to ensure that the strategic approach is both appropriate and effective within the country context. Each PSI country program has a research department with technical capacity and experience to carry out standardised outlet and household surveys with support from regional researchers and a global Research Department (see PSI’s "Research and Metrics Department"). PSI's malaria research is aligned with the recommendations from the RBM Monitoring & Evaluation Reference Group (MERG). PSI also leads the ACTwatch partnership which is monitoring antimalarial markets in seven countries over five years to assess availability, affordability and use of ACTs in malaria endemic countries. For more information visit www.actwatch.info.