National Malaria Strategic Plan (NMSP) of Zambia: 2006 – 2010

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

The Zambia Government is determined to accelerate and intensify efforts on malaria control during the next five-year planning cycle. The National Malaria Strategic Plan (NMSP) was developed by the national Roll Back Malaria (RBM) partnership with the Ministry of Health (MoH) to prepare policies, operations, and partnership coordination to enable national scale-up of key preventive and curative interventions.

The Vision: “A Malaria-Free Zambia”

The Government of Zambia believes that every Zambian has the right to access highly effective malaria preventative services and curative care delivered as close to the household as possible. Malaria causes untold suffering to a large proportion of the population each year and enormous economic drain to the health sector.

The Goals:

• As a result of implementation of this plan, there will be a reduction of malaria incidence by 75%, and deaths due to malaria will be significantly reduced by the end of 2010.
• Through the attainment of a 75% reduction, malaria control will ultimately contribute to the reduction of all-cause mortality by 20% in children under five.
• Malaria control will not only improve the main health prognostic indicators but also provide economic payoffs at household and national levels.