The U.S. President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) Impact Malaria (IM) project, funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) through PMI, is a five-year (February 13, 2018 – February 12, 2023) service delivery project providing global technical leadership to fight malaria and save lives. PMI IM supports countries in their efforts to strengthen malaria diagnosis, treatment, and drug-based prevention in health facility and community settings through implementation and technical support, as well as operational research.
The IM program in Lao People’s Democratic Republic (PDR), IM Laos, with funding from PMI, has supported the Ministry of Health Department of Communicable Disease Control and Center for Malariology, Parasitology, and Entomology (CMPE) to strengthen malaria elimination efforts by providing training to health facilities on the 1-3-7 Malaria Elimination Strategy which was adopted in 2020. This included support to build capacity at all levels of the health system to implement case reporting, investigation, and response in line with national guidelines. Through the 1-3-7 strategy, CMPE has targeted reporting of confirmed cases within one day, investigation of cases within three days, and targeted control measures to prevent further transmission within seven days.1