National Malaria Strategic Plan (NMSP) of Zambia: 2017 – 2021

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

The vision for this National Malaria Elimination Strategic Plan 2017-2021 is to attain a malaria-free Zambia. The goal is to eliminate local malaria infection and disease in Zambia by 2021 and to maintain malaria-free status and prevent reintroduction and importation of malaria into areas where the disease has been eliminated.

This will be achieved through:

• Strengthening the capacity to plan and implement budgets, execute payments on schedule, and to rapidly reallocate or mobilise funds to deal with unexpected events.
• Sustaining the national political support, technical and operational capacity, and financial resources for malaria elimination.
• Use of timely evidence to guide programme implementation.

Vision: A malaria-free Zambia.

Mission: To provide equitable access to cost-effective, quality health services as close to the family as possible.

Goals:

• To eliminate local malaria infection and disease in Zambia by 2021.
• To maintain malaria-free status and prevent reintroduction and importation of malaria into areas where the disease has been eliminated.

Objectives:

• Increase the implementation rate of interventions from 36 percent in 2015 to 95 percent by 2018.
• Reduce malaria incidence from 336 cases per 1,000 population in 2015 to less than 5 cases per 1,000 population by 2019.
• Increase malaria-free health facility catchment areas (HFCAs) from 0.5 percent in 2015 to 100 percent in 2021.
• Reduce malaria deaths from 15.2 deaths per 100,000 population in 2015 to less than 5 deaths per 100,000 population by 2021.
• Achieve 100 percent malaria-free status by 2021.
• Maintain 100 percent malaria-free status, following 2021.