Southern Africa Malaria Control Programme
and Roll Back Malaria in Southern Africa

	Milestones
	The Organisation
	The Comparative Advantage of WHO - SAMC
	The Roll Back Malaria Movement

History
Southern African Malaria Control (SAMC) was set up in 1997, by the World Health Organization with the support of DFID and Ausaid, after the Organization for African Unity(OAU) Harare Declaration on Malaria Prevention and Control in the context of African Economic Recovery and Development to spearhead the fight against malaria in Southern Africa( Angola, Botswana, Malawi, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania and Zimbabwe.)

Vision
To develop evidence based working models of country and inter-country malaria control.

Mission
To:

	Reduce transmission
	Reduce morbidity
	Reduce mortality by preventing, curing and controlling malaria in Southern Africa.

	The Southern Africa Malaria Control Programme
	Roll Back Malaria Across Southern Africa
	Progress on Roll Back Malaria in the Africa Region
	More Publications

Reference Documents

	RBM Promise for Progress
	2001 - 2010 Decade to Roll Back Malaria: United Nations General Assembly Declaration
	The African Summit on Roll Back Malaria - The Abuja Declaration, 2000
	A Global Strategy for Malaria Control - WHO, 1993

Principles

	To provide international and inter-country technical support to malaria control programmes
	To invest in malaria control through national and regional institutional capacity building
	To encourage and facilitate country and inter country partnerships, co-ordination, consensus and collaboration in malaria control
	To prioritise focus on children, women and underdeveloped rural and peri-urban areas
	To invest in malaria control, disease control and public health.

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Milestones

1997
SAMC initiated
Launch of focus on Programme Management & Disease Surveillance
First SAMC Annual Planning and Consultation Meeting

1998
African Malaria Initiative in the 21st Century and launch of focus on Epidemic Control

1999
Second SAMC Annual Planning and Consultation Meeting
Roll Back Malaria (RBM )Inception
Launch of Focus on Selective Vector Control and Personal Protection

2000
Major response to the Southern African Cyclone and flooding emergency
Third SAMC Annual Planning and Consultation meeting

2001
Early Diagnosis and case management; supporting advocacy , information-education -communication(IEC), and mobilizing communities.  Monitoring and evaluating health systems development.

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Organization

SAMC is based in the World Health Organization (WHO) Harare country and inter-country office. Its current staffing and distribution of main responsibilities are as follows:

Vacant  (Epidemiologist and Team leader)	Dr Noel Chisaka (Malaria Diagnosis, Case Management and Drug Supply Officer) chisakan@zw.afro.who.int	Dr John Govere (Malaria Entomology and Integrated Vector Control Officer) goverej@zw.afro.who.int	Dr Joaquim da Silva (Epidemics and Emergencies Officer) dasilvaj@zw.afro.who.int
Mr Khoti Gausi  (Research, Monitoring and Evaluation Officer) gausik@zw.afro.who.int	Mrs Norah Ngwenya (Information, Education and Communication Officer) ngwenyan@zw.afro.who.int	Mr. Samson Katikiti Data Manager katikitis@zw.afro.who.int	Mr. Innocent Mugwisi Admin Assistant mugwisii@zw.afro.who.int
	Ms Charity Garapo- Marambanyika (Secretary) garapoc@zw.afro.who.int	Ms. Chatiwa Chidyagwai (Secretary) chidygwaic@zw.afro.who.int

The Comparative Advantage of WHO_SAMC

	Technical leadership in public health and malaria. It has the capacity with its partners to mobilise science, medicine and academy to support malaria control.
	WHO - SAMC provides surveillance, information and research; providing intelligence for defining priorities, justifying enquiries, sustaining access to, and coverage and quality of malaria control.
	WHO - SAMC supports and coordinates national, bilateral and multilateral investment in malaria control in order to develop malaria control institutional capacity and the sustainability of the health sector.
	WHO - SAMC establishes norms in malaria control through standard operating procedures and field operation manuals and enhances professional commitment through inter-country information exchanges, collaboration and support through technical co-operation among developing countries.
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The Roll Back Malaria Movement in Southern Africa

The Roll Back Malaria Movement is a renewed national and international commitment and effort to support the development and build the capacity of National Malaria Control Programmes and inter-country malaria control programmes.  Roll Back Malaria was initiated internationally by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the World Bank (WB), the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the United Nations Development Fund (UNDP).

In Southern Africa, RBM is actively being supported by Ausaid, DFID, JICA, USAID ADB, Italian Coorporation and other bilaterals. There are also a number of partners from the private sector including Bayer, Aventis (Agrevo), Ecomark, EMNET, A to Z, BDSAF and SYNGENTA (ZENECA).  Ministries of Health intend to launch a major effort to Roll Back Malaria in Southern Africa. They are currently consulting and building consensus among partners; strengthening national malaria units, committees and programmes; and preparing joint plans and reports.

Roll Back Malaria supports and builds on current efforts to control malaria within countries in Southern Africa Roll Back Malaria will strengthen malaria control in Southern Africa by:

Building National Leadership and Institutions Within The Public Health System

	National Malaria Control Managers, Programmes and Committees will co-ordinate, and provide the leadership for, Roll Back Malaria.
	National Malaria Control Units and National Malaria Programmes will have sufficient financial resources.
	National Malaria Control Units and National Malaria Programmes will have sufficient trained personnel.
	A national network of malaria consultants and institutions will provide ad hoc technical support to National Malaria Control Programmes.

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Increasing Advocacy for Malaria Control

	Malaria will be recognised as a priority health problem both nationally and internationally.
	Malaria will be recognised as a priority health problem socially, politically, professionally and for the allocation of resources.
	Malaria control will be recognised as being everyone's responsibility.

Building Long-Term Commitment, Responsibility and Solidarity Among Partners for Malaria Control

	Commitment to malaria control will be built at all levels _ within communities, districtsand provinces, as well as nationally, regionally, and globally.
	Commitment to malaria control will be built within governments, international organisations, the private sector, NGOs, professional associations and academic research institutions.
	Partnerships will be co-ordinated by National Malaria Control Programmes.
	Partnerships will mobilise additional resources and ensure coherent and rational use of existing resources.
	Situation analyses, reviews and needs assessments for malaria control will be conducted jointly by National Malaria Control Programmes and partners.
	Evidence-based malaria strategies, and long term and annual plans, will be prepared jointly by National Malaria Control Programmes and partners.
	Monitoring and evaluation, and progress reports, will be done jointly by National Malaria Control Programmes and partners.

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