| ACT |
artemisinin-based combination therapy |
| ANC |
antenatal clinic |
| AQ |
amodiaquine |
| AS |
artemisinin |
| CFR |
case-fatality rate |
| CQ |
chloroquine |
| DHS |
demographic and health surveys |
| DSS |
demographic surveillance systems |
| ETF |
early treatment failure |
| GFATM |
Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria |
| HBM |
home-based management of fever |
| HIPC |
highly indebted resource-poor countries |
| HIS |
health information system |
| HIV/AIDS |
human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
| IMCI |
Integrated Management of Childhood Illness |
| INDEPTH |
International Network of field sites with continuous Demographic Evaluation of Populations and their Health in developing countries |
| IPT |
intermittent preventive treatment |
| IRS |
indoor residual spraying |
| ITN |
insecticide-treated net |
| LBW |
low birth weight |
| LCF |
late clinical failure |
| LLIN |
long-lasting insecticidal net |
| LPF |
late parasitological failure |
| MARA |
Mapping Malaria Risk In Africa |
| MEWS |
malaria early warning systems |
| MICS |
multiple indicator cluster surveys |
| MoH |
Ministry of Health |
| n.a. |
not applicable |
| NGO |
nongovernmental organization |
| NMCP |
national malaria control programme |
| PRSC |
poverty reduction support credits |
| PRSP |
poverty reduction strategy paper |
| PTD |
preterm delivery |
| RBM |
Roll Back Malaria |
| SAMC |
Southern Africa Malaria Control Programme |
| SGA |
small for gestational age |
| SP |
sulfadoxine–pyrimethamine |
| SWAPs |
sector-wide approaches |
| TB |
tuberculosis |
| UNICEF |
United Nations Children’s Fund |
| VAT |
value-added tax |
| WHO |
World Health Organization |
