Background

Southern Sudan is emerging from two decades of civil war which has devastated the regions’ structures for social services. Most of the population lacks access to health care, education, clean water and sanitation. The region’s lack of services coupled with chronic insecurity and debilitating poverty has had profound implication on health conditions of the communities.

It is estimated that over 70% of the Sudanese population living in endemic areas are at risk of malaria. In the Southern Sudan, malaria is hyper-endemic and holoendemic where 24-36% of individuals are affected. Local capacity for response to malaria is inadequate due to poverty an extreme climatic factors leading to proliferation of mosquito breeding sites , poor infrastructure and poor education. As a result the majority of the population has little or no information and limited access to the prevention and management of malaria. The Malaria Control Programme focuses on scaling up malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment through community based services.

Objectives
The objective of the Malaria Control Programme is to reduce the burden of malaria in Southern Sudan though increased use on long lasting insecticide treated bed nets; expansion of intermittent presumptive malaria treatment for pregnant women; improve early diagnosis and treatment of malaria at thee community and health facility level; strengthen local capacity to detect and contain malaria outbreaks. The program focuses on scaling up malaria prevention, diagnosis and treatment through community based services.

Snapshots of the project's major achievements
• 575421 bed nets (LLITNs) were distributed to Sub-Recipients in respective sites.
• The first consignment of malaria treatment drugs are being distributed by PSF to Sub-Recipients in respective Health facilities.
• Non-medical items (motor bicycles, bicycles, computers with printers and accessories have been distributed to Sub-recipients
• 2, 999 services deliverers were trained on LLITNs distribution.
• 55,761 pregnant women were given intermittent preventive anti-malaria treatment
• 1,634 TBAs, MCHWKs and health personnel were trained on IPT provision
• 915 Health workers were trained on HMIS.