In Cameroon, malaria remains a major public health challenge, with the disease posing a significant threat to communities — particularly in the southwest and northwest regions. Since 2018, armed conflict has led to the displacement of communities and disrupted health systems. By 2022, 37% of health facilities in conflict-affected northwest and southwest regions areas were non-functional. Subsequently, many people were at greater risk of malaria.
Malaria Consortium has worked closely with the the National Malaria Control Programme and local partners — Reach Out Cameroon and Konmofamba Actions Sans Frontières — to deliver innovative, community-based solutions focused on malaria prevention and control. Our approach has centred on strengthening community health systems through three interventions intended to create demand and ensure supply of malaria services: a co-created community dialogue approach, supportive supervision of community health workers, and a health voucher system to subsidise malaria treatment.
Cameroon at a glance
▶ Cameroon ranks 11th globally for malaria cases.
▶ In high-transmission and conflict-affected regions, 60 percent of all health facility interactions are due to malaria.
▶ The conflict in Cameroon's northwest and southwest regions has led to over 830,000 people being internally displaced since 2017.
▶ 37 percent of health facilities in conflict-affected regions are not functional.
Our impact
▶ Malaria Consortium has co-designed and piloted three innovative community-based malaria interventions in 80 high-burden communities.
▶ We have supported ongoing training, supervision and mentoring for community health workers to improve malaria case management.
▶ Community dialogues have encouraged greater use of mosquito nets and household clean-up campaigns, and reduced reliance on informal drug sellers — helping to combat misuse of antimalarials and the resulting development of drug resistance.
Explore our latest work in Cameroon
When conflict strikes, the threat of malaria follows
The role of community co-designed interventions for malaria prevention and control in conflict-affected communities in Cameroon’s Southwest and littoral regions
