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Un document de référence pour l'intégration de la CPP dans les systèmes nationaux

Women at the frontline in ensuring safe health for children deserve to be honoured as we celebrate the #InternationalWomensDay2025 From leading outreach campaigns to delivering vaccine to children under 2 for malaria prevention, to educating women on the #Right to health, the Plus Project applauds the tireless efforts of female health personnel as well and mothers who adhere to the call. On #InternationalWomensDay, about 611 #women including those lost to follow up, and 207 children including those with zero-dose vaccine reached out in the health area of Offoumou in the Ngoumou health district. This strategy serves as springboard for educating women, sensitizing while building healthier future for their children through #Vaccination. We also take this moment to recognise the incredible contributions of the women within our health facilities, female volunteers and project team. Let's support them and together we build healthy communities. #IWD2025 #Malaria_prevention #Outreach_campaigns Afficher la traduction

Gender equity is fundamental to defeating #malaria and achieving the #SDGs. Women and girls, especially those in malaria-endemic regions, must have equitable access to healthcare, economic opportunities, and decision-making spaces. To defeat malaria, we must #AccelerateAction and ensure women and girls have equal access to treatment and prevention tools. By addressing gender disparities in health access and resource allocation, we can drive sustainable progress toward a malaria-free world. #IWD2025 #EndMalaria

Women are at the forefront of prevention efforts against #malaria in their communities. They are trusted for health education, manage stock rooms of essential antimalarial medicine, train community leaders on malaria prevention, administer perennial malaria chemoprevention (PMC) medicine, and more. By investing in women and their communities, we can expand access to preventive treatments and life-saving care, strengthen health systems, and drive lasting change. #EndMalaria #IWD2025 #InternationalWomensDay

The PMC Operational Handbook is now available in French! ??https://lnkd.in/gWdcxBdy We welcome feedback and additional contributions from implementation experience! If you’d like to add into a 2nd edition, please email Plus Project Director Charlotte Eddis at [email protected] ?? Population Services International | PATH | Malaria Consortium | Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London | Medicines for Malaria Venture | Junior VOUNDI VOUNDI

Perennial malaria chemoprevention (PMC) saves lives. That is why Plus Project launched a PMC Operational Handbook to strengthen the development and implementation of PMC programs and effectively prevent malaria. Check it out below!

Our 2025 annual meeting has come to a close! We thank our partners in Togo for generously hosting the Alliance this year and for their important leadership against #malaria. Thank you as well to all attendees for your dedication and commitment to this partnership and the work we will continue to move forward together ???? Recordings, presentations, and photos will be on the website soon: https://lnkd.in/gn2gvnDF Medicines for Malaria Venture | Malaria Consortium | Population Services International | Catholic Relief Services | The Global Fund | RTI International | Management Sciences for Health | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London | GiveWell | Unitaid

??This morning we launched a perennial malaria chemoprevention (PMC) Operational Handbook at the SMC Alliance meeting ?? https://lnkd.in/gWdcxBdy This 1st edition is a collaboration between members of the PMC Community of Practice, Ministries of Health of implementing countries (including malaria and EPI programs), research partners, and the World Health Organization (WHO). The Handbook reviews the latest WHO guidance, policy development and planning, training and supervision, administration of SP for PMC, monitoring progress and impact, and sustainable behavior change. We welcome feedback and additional contributions from implementation experience! If you’d like to add into a 2nd edition, please email Plus Project Director Charlotte Eddis at [email protected] ?? Population Services International | PATH | Malaria Consortium | Barcelona Institute for Global Health (ISGlobal) | London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, U. of London | Medicines for Malaria Venture | Junior VOUNDI VOUNDI

Overlapping #malaria interventions increases the impact and efficacy of prevention efforts, rather than using any one intervention alone. Today, distinguished guests from the World Health Organization spoke about the importance of overlapping proven, effective tools such as bed nets and the malaria vaccine with SMC campaigns. Implementing countries expanded on this and shared their experiences integrating SMC with such tools and with other health interventions as well, such as malnutrition screening, perennial malaria chemoprevention (PMC), vitamin A supplementation, and integrated community case management (iCCM) activities. There's still one full day of sessions tomorrow, register to join! https://lnkd.in/gHDf4zHb

The greatest impact against #malaria is achieved when a mix of interventions are used together, rather than any one intervention alone. For instance, when bed nets alone are used, there is 45% efficacy against malaria, but that impact jumps to 92% when bed nets + SMC + malaria vaccine are all used. Many countries are already mixing multiple interventions to increase efficacy, but because seasonal vaccination can be resource intensive, many are choosing a hybrid approach with additional chemoprevention efforts. Thanks to Junior VOUNDI VOUNDI for sharing the Unitaid Plus Project supported work happening in Cameroon to implement PMC and the malaria vaccine in 29 districts with perennial transmission via the existing EPI platform, targeting children up to two years of age. World Health Organization | SMC Alliance | Population Services International | PSI Cameroon- Population Services International