The Immunization and Malaria Progress by Accelerating Coverage and Transforming Services (IMPACT) project is targeted at promoting the uptake of malaria prevention and treatment services especially in rural communities with high malaria burden in collaboration with the National Malaria…
Immunization and Malaria Progress by Accelerating Coverage and Transforming Services (IMPACT) Project
The Immunization and Malaria Progress by Accelerating Coverage and Transforming Services (IMPACT) project is targeted at promoting the uptake of malaria prevention and treatment services especially in rural communities with high malaria burden in collaboration with the National Malaria Elimination Program (NMEP).
Institute of Human Virology Nigeria (IHVN) has been engaged by the Ondo State Ministry of Health to implement the project with the following objectives:
- Promoting the use of Long-Lasting Insecticide Treated Nets (LLIN) by pregnant women and children under 5 years of age.
- Strengthening the case management skills of both public and private providers on the Integrated Management of Childhood Diseases (IMCI).
- Sensitizing households on malaria prevention through the use of LLINs and the use of Intermittent preventive treatment of malaria in pregnancy (IPTp) and Seasonal Malaria Chemoprophylaxis (SMC).
- Sensitizing households on the use of appropriate malaria care-seeking and treatment.
- Distributing malaria control commodities and medicines for the management of malaria.
- Carrying out SMC to prevent malaria infection among the most vulnerable (children under five) during the malaria high transmission season
Nationwide, the IMPACT project is being implemented for anti-malaria interventions in Abia, Borno Ekiti, Imo, Lagos, Rivers, Bayelsa, Edo, Enugu, Kogi, Ondo states and the Federal Capital Territory with funding support from the World Bank and Islamic Development Bank. The Project duration is for 12 months – Nov 2024 to Oct 2025.
