RBM Mechanisms

Constituencies

Board

Executive Committee

Working Groups

Subregional networks

Forum

Secretariat

Malaria Case Management Working Group (CMWG)

Co - Chairs:
Dr Larry Slutsker (CDC)
Dr Kamini Mendis (WHO)
Working Group Secretariat:
Dr Sylvia Meek (Malaria Consortium)

RBM Secretariat Focal point:
Dr Thomas Teuscher

Next meeting:
TBD

Description of group:
The Case Management Working Group (CMWG) was created in 2003, at a time when there was little consensus on what combination therapies for malaria had to include. One of the major contributions of this Working Group was to generate agreement on artemisinine based combination therapies (ACT).

In November 2008, the 15th RBM Partnership Board meeting endorsed the revitalization of the RBM CMWG. The rationale for this decision was the recognition that there remain enormous challenges to scaling up timely access to effective treatment which is essential to achieving the RBM targets and Millennium Development Goals. At best, 20% of fever cases are managed within 20 hours with recommended treatment. The RBM Board "invited WHO to convene a first consultation of the reconstituted Case Management Working Group, based on the existing Terms of Reference, within the next 6 months, with the mandate of addressing the key challenges of malaria case management".

Since 2003, funding for malaria has increased. New actors have joined the Partnership's work on overcoming challenges to accessible treatment. With the launch of the Global Malaria Action Plan in September 2008, scaling up efforts to achieve the 2010 targets needs to be part of a long-term strategy for achieving the ultimate goal - elimination.

Terms of Reference
Terms of Reference have been reviewed at 3rd CMWG meeting 8-9 July, 2009, please contact CMWG Secretariat

Overview:
The CMWG has established 4 work streams for further development within the context of the 2010-2011 RBM Partnership Workplan.

Workstream members:

Scaling-Up diagnostics

Strategies to improve access to treatment at all levels of health care

Containment of drug resistance

Tracking Progress of scaling-up quality case management


 

CMWG meetings

3rd CMWG meeting

Consultative Meeting on the Role of Medicine Sellers in the Management of Malaria

2nd CMWG meeting

1st CMWG meeting