National Malaria Strategic Plan (NMSP) of Bangladesh: 2021 – 2025

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

The National Strategic Plan for Malaria Elimination in Bangladesh: 2021-2025 (NSP 2021-2025) was developed through consultative process with various stakeholders and individual experts. It is aligned with the WHO Global Technical Strategy for Malaria 2016–2030 (WHO, 2016), the Regional Action Plan 2017–2030: Towards Zero. Malaria-Free South-East Asia Region (WHO, 2017), as well as the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), and draws on the findings and recommendations of the fourth Joint Monitoring Mission (JMM4).

Vision: A malaria-free Bangladesh by 2030.

Mission: The mission is to achieve malaria elimination in phased manner with effective interventions in an equitable manner towards improving quality of life of at-risk populations and contributing to achievement of Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Goals: By 2025, reduce malaria annual parasite incidence (API) to less than 1 per 1,000 population at risk in three CHT districts compared to 2019, interrupt locdal transmission of and eliminate indigenous malaria in phased manner in 10 other endemic districts, determine malaria-free status of remaining 51 districts, and maintain malaria-free status in areas where malaria transmission has been interrupted and prevent reestablishment of local transmission.

Objectives:

• Objective-1: To achieve and sustain universal coverage by early case detection and prompt treatment of all confirmed cases through 2025.
• Objective-2: To achieve and sustain universal coverage of population at risk with appropriate preventive interventions through 2025.
• Objective-3: To strengthen context-specific surveillance in all malaria settings and outbreak preparedness and response through 2025.
• Objective-4: To achieve universal coverage by Advocacy, Communication and Social Mobilization (ACSM) activities for uptake of preventive and curative interventions, optimal community engagement through 2025.
• Objective-5: To strengthen program management, monitoring & evaluation and partnership and coordination through 2025.
• Objective-6: To strengthen and expand research through 2025.