USAID Technical Assistance Contributes to Policy Revisions

USAID technical partners in the Malaria Action Coalition provided expert technical assistance to countries in Africa in the areas of effective treatment and prevention of malaria during pregnancy, including intermittent preventive therapy. Over the last year, this technical assistance has contributed significantly to revisions of outdated treatment policies in Senegal, Ghana, Rwanda, and Zambia, and to increased implementation of revised policies on appropriate drugs in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Tanzania, and Kenya. In Tanzania, provision of intermittent preventive therapy as part of antenatal care has more than doubled to reach more than 60 percent of women attending antenatal services.