The WHO Global Malaria Programme, TDR and the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases at China CDC are leading a new initiative to strengthen capacity for surveillance and response for malaria control and to implement innovative multisectoral approaches for malaria control in different settings of Africa.
On 28 January 2022, a project on Strengthening the Capacity of Surveillance and Response (SCSR) in Selected African Countries to Control Malaria was launched by a China-Africa network to control malaria in different settings. This project is led by WHO’s Global Malaria Programme and TDR in collaboration with the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases at the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention (China CDC), Ministry of Health of Burkina Faso, Ministry of Health of Senegal, Ministry of Health of Tanzania, Ministry of Health of Zambia and WHO Country Offices in these countries. This project is supported by the Peace and Security Sub-Fund of the United Nations Peace and Development Trust Fund.
The SCSR project draws on existing collaborations such as that between China and Tanzania to support two specific objectives: 1) to strengthen the capacity of selected African countries on surveillance and response for malaria control in different settings including adapting approaches from relevant Chinese experience; and 2) to explore and implement innovative multisectoral approaches for malaria control in different settings of Africa.
“We are excited to be part of this project, which we hope will contribute to reduced malaria incidence in the project areas through implementation of innovative surveillance and response approaches,” said Dr Xiao-Nong Zhou, Director of the National Institute of Parasitic Diseases at China CDC. “There are several lessons learned from pilot collaborations between China and Africa that we plan to apply to this project.”
For more information, please contact Dr Florence Fouque.