An estimated 500 million cases of malaria occur each year, taking
the lives of 1 million people, including 3,000 children each day.
Ninety percent of these deaths occur in Sub-Saharan Africa, where the
disease kills more children than any other. Malaria is not only a major
public health issue but also a broader development problem that costs
Africa US$12 billion a year, stalling economic and social
development.
In 2005, the World Bank reaffirmed its commitment to malaria control
by launching the Booster Program for Malaria Control in Africa, a
10-year initiative that in its first three years committed over US$470
million to controlling malaria in Africa. By combining disease control
interventions and health systems strengthening, Phase I of the program
has contributed significantly to the global effort to fight the
disease. The Booster Program has begun implementation of its second
three-year phase through which the World Bank, as one of the three
major financiers of malaria control in Africa, will intensify its
efforts to help more African countries to achieve and sustain
large-scale impact on malaria.
Intensifying the Fight against Malaria: The World Bank’s
Booster Program for Malaria Control in Africa describes the
program, its achievements during its first three years, and the design
of Phase II. Whereas Phase I took advantage of relatively facile
opportunities to support countries’ malaria control goals, Phase
II is more strategic and builds on the successes of and lessons learned
from Phase I. It also capitalizes on the Bank’s strengths in
facilitating cross-border and multisectoral projects, providing
large-scale, flexible funding, and initiating high-level policy
dialogue in client countries.
Phase II rests on five pillars:
- Enhancing regional and cross-border prevention and control
- Intensifying support to two high-burden countries with high unmet
need, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Nigeria
- Providing sustained support for ongoing programs and a targeted
approach to new country efforts
- Facilitating policies and strategies to increase equitable access
to effective treatment
- Strengthening essential health systems to scale up the delivery of
malaria interventions.
African countries and the global community have seized on the intense
energy around malaria by making a commitment to eliminate it as a major
public health issue in Africa. Through Phase II of the Booster Program,
the World Bank is called to play a crucial role in helping Africa to
defeat malaria and to keep moving toward its path of economic growth
and social development.
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