Harmonisation of malaria control in Nigeria

Since 2008, the Malaria Consortium programme, Support to National Malaria Programme (SuNMaP), has been working in Nigeria to strengthen the national effort to control malaria. Among the programme’s activities is the harmonisation of malaria control – which means working with supporting partners locally, nationally and internationally, for the common purpose to reduce the burden of malaria in Nigeria.

As many different organisations are doing a range of work on improving malaria control and prevention in Nigeria, harmonisation involves many challenges. This Learning Paper summarises SuNMaP’s ongoing work on harmonisation and the challenges brought about by the varied ways partners plan, implement, review and seek funding.  

The paper describes some of SuNMaP’s successes in rolling out harmonisation – such as leading a unified approach to the rollout of a nationwide LLIN campaign rollout, and developing standardised modules for the training of health workers in service delivery and programme management.

This learning paper recommends that key to making harmonisation efforts sustainable after the end of the SuNMaP programme in 2015, is building the capacities of national and state malaria elimination programmes, reviewing lessons learned in harmonisation, and linking up with partners and programmes to address challenges.

This paper is part of a series of Learning Papers that provides learning on SuNMaP’s activities, including: capacity building, demand creation, harmonisation of malaria control and cross-cutting work in the commercial sector.

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Citation: George S., Kolawole M. (2014) Harmonisation of malaria control in Nigeria. Malaria Consortium Learning Paper series. www.malariaconsortium.org/learningpapers

Country: Nigeria