Madagascar's national malaria control strategy divides the country into four separate intervention zones, each with a different set of priorities. The interventions in the eastern and western part of the country (stable malaria transmission) focus primarily on ITN distribution, case management, IPTp, home-based management of fever (HBMF), and community education. The interventions in the Central Highlands focus on IRS, case management, HBMF, epidemic surveillance and community education. In the South, the main activities are epidemiological surveillance, case management, HBMF, IPTp, ITNs, and community education.
The NMCP is currently preparing a National Strategy for 2007-2012, which has the long-term goal of malaria eradication in Madagascar by 2015, with a preparatory phase (1 year), attack phase (3-4 years), consolidation phase (3-5 years), and maintenance phase. The draft strategy document lays out ambitious targets for:
Contact:
Richard Cowper
Population:
20,308,000
Capital:
Antananarivo
Area:
587,041 sq km
(226,658 sq m)
Language:
Malagasy, French
Religion:
Indigenous beliefs, Christian, Muslim
Currency:
Ariary, Malagasy Franc
Life Expectancy: 55
GDP per Capita:
U.S. $250
Literacy:
6%