Table 2 Guidance, tools and training material developed by WHO to support countries to eliminate malaria, achieve certification and prevent re-establishment
From: Supporting countries to achieve their malaria elimination goals: the WHO E-2020 initiative
Technical product | Purpose | Description |
|---|---|---|
A framework for malaria elimination (2017) [24] | Provide malaria-endemic countries with advice on the tools, activities and dynamic strategies required to achieve interruption of transmission and prevention of re-establishment | A guidance document that should serve as the basis for national malaria elimination plans after adaptation to the local context |
Malaria Elimination Audit Tool (available by request from malaria-elimination@who.int) | Assist countries to translate the guidance in A framework for malaria elimination into programmatic activities and audit their performance | Identifies the key components of a malaria elimination or prevention of re-establishment programme and prompts programmes to evaluate their level of implementation, identify gaps and weaknesses and develop recommendations to strengthen programmes |
Evidence review on border malaria [25] | Better define the concept of border malaria and identify the factors that might influence transmission in border areas | Defines border malaria and provides several case studies that explore different typologies of situations along the border |
Evidence review on malariogenic potential [26] | Improve definitions of concepts, review available methodologies for assessing the components and advise on approaches to measuring malariogenic potential | Reviews approaches to measurement of the components of malariogenic potential and provides case studies from several countries |
Malaria surveillance, monitoring and evaluation: a reference manual (2018) [27] | Serve as a reference document for guidance on strengthening malaria surveillance systems, including for elimination, with important chapters on entomologic surveillance and surveillance of drug efficacy in low transmission settings | A reference document for guidance on strengthening malaria surveillance systems that provides information to develop national standard operating procedures for case surveillance, drug efficacy monitoring and entomological surveillance in elimination settings |
Malaria elimination surveillance assessment (available by request from malaria-elimination@who.int) | Assess the performance, quality, completeness and output of surveillance systems in elimination settings | Provides a framework for evaluation of case-based surveillance and response in elimination settings and a set of spreadsheet tools for assessment of data quality and completeness |
Preparing for certification of malaria elimination [12] | Guide countries to prepare for certification, including a template for the national malaria elimination report | A manual to help countries understand the criteria for certification and the process that will be followed after certification is requested |
Elimination training curriculum (available by request from malaria-elimination@who.int) | Facilitate understanding and implementation of the new elimination and surveillance guidance from WHO | 14 modules and one tabletop exercise covering all aspects of elimination of malaria, based on WHO guidance |