National Malaria Strategic Plan (NMSP) of Zambia: 2011 – 2015

Note: A more recent NMSP is available. View it here (link). 

This document presents the National Malaria Strategic Plan for 2011 to 2015 (NMSP 2011– 2015). It seeks to provide the strategic framework for the National Malaria Control Programme (NMCP), for the next five years, ending in 2015.

The vision, mission, and goals for the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) for the period of 2011 to 2015 are as follows: Theme: To consolidate malaria control gains, for higher impact.

Vision: A malaria-free Zambia by 2030.

Mission: To facilitate equity of access to quality-assured, cost-effective malaria prevention and control interventions, close to the household.

Goals:

• To reduce malaria incidence by 75% of the 2010 baseline by 2015.
• To reduce malaria deaths to near zero by 2015
• To reduce all-cause child mortality by 20% of the 2010 baseline by 2015.
• To establish and maintain five “malaria-free areas” in Zambia by 2015.

Proposed Strategies: The proposed strategies have been aligned to, and structured along, the “Six Health Systems Building Blocks” framework in order to facilitate a comprehensive analysis. These building blocks include:

• health service delivery;
• health workforce;
• medical products, infrastructure, and equipment;
• health information;
• healthcare financing;
• and leadership and governance.