Company Management Guide: Implementing an Integrated Malaria Control Program
CAMA's founding member companies—many of whom already implement or finance leading-edge malaria initiatives—are Marathon Oil Corporation, Chevron, Bayer Environmental Science, Global Industries, Cameron International, Coca Cola Africa Foundation, EDG Engineers, Halliburton, Hess Corporation, Noble Energy, Wood Group and WorleyParsons. CAMA works to complement existing malaria initiatives and encourages private sector cooperation in fighting malaria. One major focus of CAMA’s approach is sharing information and best practices such as the "Company Management Guide – Implementing an Integrated Malaria Control Program".
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The Corporate Alliance on Malaria in Africa (CAMA) in partnership with the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria have developed a management guide as a tool in developing and implementing integrated malaria control programs in endemic countries. The guide provides direction for private sector collective action on malaria as part of a broader effort to meet the Millennium Development Goal of reducing malaria deaths by 50 percent by 2010.
The guide makes it clear that to reduce the impact of malaria, it is necessary to develop a systematic, multi-pronged approach to interventions, using a framework that incorporates the biology, pathophysiology and epidemiology of malaria infection with environmental, economic and sociopolitical factors. It is intended as a high level overview with links to more in-depth information about the technical aspects of malaria control, the guide is based on current best practices and lessons learned from other successful malaria control programs. The guide utilizes business management tools that are applicable in public health settings and contains linkages to other sectors.
- Tool Designer Organization:
- Corporate Alliance on Malaria in Africa (CAMA)
- Download:
- Tool
in English - Contact:
- cama@gbcimpact.org
Summary of main features
- Purpose
- Management guide to help any company or organization operating in malaria-endemic regions of Africa develop an effective malaria control program.
- Scope of interventions
- The guide will take management through the process of developing efficient sustainable programming, from determining the project scope and assessing program capacity in infrastructure, support, resource availability, and the like; to defining the project and developing strategies for procurement, training, gap closure, and other issues; to finally developing and implementing the program itself, including effective monitoring and evaluation and strategies for continuous quality improvement.
- Limitations
- Requires prior knowledge and experience in planning malaria control initiatives
- Output
- To encourage increased investment in malaria programs, add value, increase effectiveness, and promote sustainable impact to reduce the economic impact of malaria by saving lives and facilitating economic development.
- Time frame
- NA
- Potential users
- Public or private sector managers at any company or organization
- Skills required
- Basic knowledge of malaria, program planning, logistics
- Type of software
- Adobe PDF and CD Rom
- User manual available?
- NA
- Type and length of training required
- NA
- Available languages
- English
- Country applications
- All malaria-endemic countries
- Last update and version
- 1st edition, dated January 2009