Strengthening malaria response in South Sudan through evidence-based interventions improving health services quality and effectiveness
South Sudan
Status
ImplementationAid type
Project-type interventionsSouth Sudan
Location
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€ 850,000
Committed
Committed
€ 595,000
Used
Used
Description
The project contributes to Goal 1 of the Global Fund Strategy 2023-2028, to maximize the South Sudanese integrated health system by putting people at the centre to ensure impact, resilience and sustainability (Specific Objective). It is also in line with the other Objectives of the Strategy. The community has a central role in defining and implementing action (Objective 2), to improve accessibility, utilization and quality of services, providing data on their demand’s determinants. The response to malaria and its integration into the health system pass through new participatory opportunities for the population, whose possibilities of care increase with information and education (behaviour change) and the strengthening of the network of village health workers, complementing that of the health facilities. Relevant in this process is health and gender equity (Objective 3), with the overcoming of barriers that prevent women from accessing care, a step towards women's empowerment. The project is articulated on the 3 levels of the health system, with a view to its overall strengthening, as advocated by the Global Fund itself, with the training of health personnel and village health workers and a focus on the laboratory and data system. The project is built on the experience of the previous Global Fund Technical Support Spending intervention, financed by AICS and implemented by CUAMM/UNIPI in South Sudan (Western Equatoria). Relevant on that occasion was the synergy between service delivery and operational research, the latter providing an opportunity to initiate a change in services, supported by the technical and financial resources of the project itself. The same modality is proposed here, addressing the issues that emerged from the previous study, in continuity with the path undertaken then. Previous research has 1) shown high prevalence of malaria among pregnant women, and 2) found knowledge and skills gaps in health personnel, especially on diagnostics and treatment choice. The project works on these aspects, acting on the three levels of the health system and on all components of the malaria response, especially prevention, to reduce the incidence, and the adequacy of diagnosis and treatment, also to limit the development of drug resistance (the study identified several plasmodial species and drug-resistant strains). It contributes to increasing access to and use of malaria prevention services by pregnant women (Expected Result 1) and to improving the capacity of health facilities to ensure accurate diagnosis for malaria and consequently more adequate treatment (Expected Result 2), in line with the priorities of the NMSP 2021-2025. The proposal was shared with the CCM, which recognized its complementarity and integration with the Global Fund-funded South Sudan malaria response programme. The involvement of the PNCM as project partner, the focus on information and training, and the collaboration with the authorities and health staff in the field guarantee local ownership of the intervention, functional to the use of the evidence produced by the study in the decision-making process and the appropriation of the proposed measures, with a view to the sustainability of the results obtained.
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| Year | Committed | Used |
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| 2025 | € 850,000 | € 595,000 |
Agency
| Type | Name | Channel code |
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| Government | AICS - Italian Agency for Cooperation and Development | 11000 |
Channel reported
| Type | Name | Channel code |
|---|---|---|
| Other Public Sector | UNIVERSITÀ DEGLI STUDI DI PISA | 11004 |
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