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of outdated treatment policies in Senegal,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.
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