National Malaria Strategic Plan (NMSP) of Papua New Guinea: 2021 – 2025

The background of this Papua New Guinea National Malaria Strategic Plan (NMSP) 2021-25 draws on the country context provided by PNG’s NMSP 2014-20 and on the background provided in the 2013 Malaria Programme Review (MPR) report, the 2016 Mid-Term Review (MTR) report and the 2019 MPR report. Details have been updated where appropriate.

Vision: A malaria-free Papua New Guinea (PNG) by 2030.

Mission: Improve, transform and provide quality malaria prevention and case management services through innovative approaches supporting primary health care and health system development and good governance at all levels. The malaria control and elimination programme will help to alleviate poverty amongst PNG’s most marginalized people.

Goals:

• Reduce malaria morbidity by 63 percent by 2025 (i.e. from 66.3 per 1,000 in 20191 to ≤ 25.8 per 1,000 in 2025).
• Reduce malaria mortality by 90 percent by 2025 (i.e. from 1.697 per 100,000 [146 deaths] in 2019 to ≤ 0.165 per 100,000 *16 deaths+ in 2025).
• Eliminate malaria in the Autonomous Region of Bougainville by the end of 2025 and prevent reestablishment of transmission once malaria-free.2

Objectives:

1. Malaria vector control and personal protection. Coverage of locally appropriate quality assured strategies for vector control and personal protection optimized nationwide.
2. Malaria case management. Universal access to quality assured early diagnosis and appropriate treatment.
3. Behaviour Change Communication. Community-based support for malaria control and elimination efforts mobilized and utilization of prevention and case management services maximized.
4. Surveillance and response. A strong routine disease surveillance and response system in burden reduction settings and a robust case-based surveillance and response system in elimination and prevention of re-establishment settings.
5. Enabling environment. A strong enabling environment for malaria control and elimination.

This is the final draft version of the PNG NMSP 2021-25.