Sennay: Reducing the malaria burden among seasonal mobile workers in the Amhara region
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Resources: Project brief
Sennay is the first-ever at-scale implementation project in Ethiopia to provide locally adapted malaria services for season mobile workers who work in agricultural investment corridors.
Malaria is a major public health problem in the lowland areas of Ethiopia’s Amhara region. The lowlands attract a high influx of seasonal mobile workers (SMWs), who seek work in agricultural investment corridors. SMWs mainly originate from the highlands, where malaria endemicity is relatively low, placing them at an increased risk of contracting and developing severe malaria.
To tackle the high malaria prevalence among SMWs, the Health, Development and Anti-Malaria Association and Malaria Consortium are implementing Sennay — the first-ever at-scale implementation project to to provide locally adapted malaria services for SMWs. The project seeks to reduce malaria morbidity and mortality in the project districts by 2026, with a view to eliminating malaria by 2030.
