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Zambia looks to pursue an increasingly aggressive strategy in pursuit of a malaria-free country. The strategy will use a stratified approach to deploy interventions across the country, building on progress to date, and accelerate efforts toward national elimination with a focus on strengthening surveillance systems, expanding access to diagnosis and treatment, enhancing coverage of vector control interventions, and rolling out population-wide and focal drug-based strategies where appropriate.

The 2015 malaria indicator survey (MIS) reflected high ITN coverage and increased IPTp coverage. Most provinces could further expand IRS. Despite high ITN coverage, there was not a drop in malaria prevalence by microscopy.

This fact sheet describes PATH's work to control and eliminate malaria, including expanding the use of lifesaving tools, identifying and developing better diagnostics and drugs, devising new strategies for malaria control, and accelerating the development of malaria vaccines.

Population-wide drug-based strategies are potentially powerful accelerators for malaria elimination. This report explores their role in reducing malaria parasite prevalence and explains the differences between the strategies that have been evaluated. It reviews results from PATH-supported research into population-wide drug-based strategies in three malaria-endemic countries in Africa.

Infographic describing the importance of investing in malaria elimination.