PATH Program

Malaria

We envision a world where country leaders and their partners have the tools, evidence, financial capacity, human resources, and political will to control, eliminate, and eventually eradicate malaria.

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Contact

Our latest
Aminatou Sar
Our work in numbers
300+
staff across the world
40
countries with active projects
25+
projects

What we do

We focus on developing, introducing, and evaluating new tools and approaches; optimizing the delivery of current tools and approaches; improving data use through enhanced measurement tools, metrics, and information systems; and strengthening endemic country expertise to create sustainable systems.

Key focus areas
We work across the following cross-cutting areas:
Health system resilience

We partner with ministries of health in malaria-endemic countries to support the development of resilient health systems by generating evidence to inform policy, strengthening the capacity of community health workers, and increasing coverage of proven health interventions–against malaria and other diseases.

Digital and data

We support health ministries in digital transformation—developing skills, systems, and governance—for timely and quality use of data technologies to improve decision-making across efforts to end malaria.

Epidemic and pandemic preparedness

Our investments in malaria have been leveraged to effectively to prevent, detect, and respond to emerging global health threats, including integrating multiple sources of data, applying mathematical modeling, and expanding surveillance and laboratory capacities.

Innovation and access

We work across the innovation and access pipeline—from generating new malaria tools to expanding access to current ones, through the analysis of market dynamics and policy windows.

Technical capabilities

Malaria vaccine development & introduction

Vector control

Diagnostics

Market access to existing & new tools

Research & evaluation

Surveillance & digital platforms

Routine data collection & reporting, data quality assessments, data use training & integration

Data-driven analytics & mathematical modeling

Policy formulation & operational planning

Management, leadership & capacity strengthening at all levels of the health system

Community case management & workforce training

Featured Projects
New Nets Project

The New Nets Project managed the rapid scale-up and widespread deployment of dual-active ingredient (AI) insecticide-treated nets (ITNs) to partner countries, making this novel technology designed to overcome insecticide resistance widely available to national malaria control programs (NMCPs) across Africa.

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Malaria Control and Elimination Partnership in Africa (MACEPA)

Since 2005, MACEPA has been working with national programs to plan, implement, and evaluate a tailored package of interventions to reduce the burden of malaria and accelerate elimination efforts across a variety of transmission settings.

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Where we work

We have active malaria projects in more than 40 countries across 3 continents:

Africa: Angola, Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, The Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mozambique, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.

Asia-Pacific: Cambodia, India, Indonesia, Japan, Lao PDR, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Thailand, and Vietnam.

Americas: Brazil, Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Panama, and Peru.

PATH Malaria Events

Upcoming webinars

We hold regular PATH malaria webinars on a variety of topics, featuring speakers from across the global malaria community. Watch this space for information on upcoming events.

Recordings from our past webinars are available here.

Portfolio Leadership

  1. Tarryn Haslam

    Director, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases

  2. Ashley Birkett

    Global Head, Malaria Vaccines and Biologics, Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access

  3. Gonzalo Domingo

    Scientific Director and Lead of Malaria Diagnostics

  4. Ray Cummings, MS, MBA

    Senior Adviser, Corporate Strategy and Strategic Engagement

  5. Carla Botting

    Deputy Director, Malaria Vaccines and Biologics, Center for Vaccine Innovation and Access

  6. Ed Hedvall

    Program Director of Management and Administration, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases

Project Leadership

  1. Adam Bennett

    Senior Scientific Advisor, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases

  2. Hana Bilak

    Project Director, Malaria & Public Health Emergencies

  3. Sarah Burnett

    Project Director, VectorLink

  4. Yakou Dieye

    West Africa Malaria Regional Director, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases

  5. Mandy Dube

    Project Director, Zambia Digital Community Health

  6. Kim Lindblade

    Technical Director, PMI Insights

  7. Megan Littrell

    Project Director, PMI Insights and ATSB

  8. John Miller

    Project Director, MACEPA

  9. Caroline Phiri-Chibawe

    Chief of Party, PAMO Plus

  10. Arantxa Roca Feltrer

    Regional Malaria Director, MACEPA

  11. Hannah Slater

    Program Advisor, Malaria and Neglected Tropical Diseases

  12. Joe Wagman

    Project Director, New Nets

Resources
Factsheet

A two-page summary describing who we are, where we work, and what we do.

Available here
Publications

Peer-reviewed publications from PATH Malaria researchers and scientists in collaboration with external partners

Available here
22 Article s
  1. Vihiga
    July 5, 2023

    Kenya’s Vihiga County shares lessons on malaria vaccination

    Western Kenya's Vihiga County recently won recognition for its high childhood immunization coverage. The county's Immunization Coordinator reflects on the "strong community health strategy" in Vihiga, one of eight Kenya counties that provides RTS,S malaria vaccination through routine immunization.
  2. Aminatou Sar has served as West Africa Hub and Senegal Country Program Director at PATH since 2017. Photo: PATH.
    May 31, 2023

    PATH Malaria Perspectives with Aminatou Sar

    Aminatou Sar, West Africa Hub and Senegal Country Program Director at PATH, has dedicated her career to promoting equal rights.
  3. Chikankata Team
    April 24, 2023

    The heroes of malaria elimination efforts in Zambia

    The Zambia National Malaria Elimination Centre uses a multipronged approach to address malaria, and community health workers are at the heart of the efforts.

  4. Belendia Serda has 15 years of experience as software developer. He’s one of PATH’s leading experts in malaria digital health and a PATH Digital Health Advisor in Ethiopia. Photo: Courtesy of Anne Jennings.
    March 28, 2023

    PATH Malaria Perspectives with Belendia Serda

    When Belendia Serda began his career as a software developer, he never imagined he would eventually work on malaria elimination.
  5. 8 Malaria
    December 15, 2022

    PATH Malaria: 2022 in photos

    12 images that capture our malaria elimination efforts from the past year.
  6. Senegal street scene
    October 24, 2022

    20+ years advancing health equity in Senegal

    Celebrating more than two decades of impactful partnership between PATH and the Ministry of Health.
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