National Malaria Strategic Plan (NMSP) of South Sudan: 2014/15 – 2020/21

This Malaria Strategic Plan 2014/15 – 2020/21 of South Sudan defines the programme objectives, strategies and targets how the programme will be organized, managed and financed. It provides strategic direction for the Ministry of health, the decentralized governments at State and County levels and partners for ramping up efforts to achieve sustained control of malaria.

The Vision of this plan is “a malaria – free South Sudan”.

The Mission of the Malaria Control Programme is to provide free, efficient, accessible, and quality-assured malaria interventions to all people in South Sudan.

Goal: The goals of the 2014/15 – 2020/21 Malaria Strategic Plan (MSP) are to reduce by 80 % reported malaria morbidity and deaths of 2013 levels and to reduce malaria parasite prevalence by 50% of the 2013 levels by 2021.

Objectives: 

1. Objective 1: To strengthen and sustain the management and coordination capacity of themalaria programme at all levels by 2021;
2. Objective 2: To ensure that 85% of the population at risk are protected by recommended malaria prevention methods by 2021;
3. Objective 3: To achieve 90% parasitological diagnosis and treatment of all presented malaria
   cases according to the national guidelines by 2021;
4. Objective 4: To increase to at least 80%, community and health worker knowledge, attitudes and practices on malaria prevention and control by 2019;
5. Objective 5: Establish malaria emergency preparedness and ensure timely malaria control responses in all communities affected by conflict, natural disaster or epidemics by 2021; and
6. Objective 6: Ensure 80% of health facilities routinely report on core malaria indicators by 2021.

This is the mid-term revised version of the NMSP 2014/15 – 2020/21.