Evidence Brief: Adapting a severe malaria intervention in Zambia in the context of COVID-19

In early March 2020, coronavirus (COVID-19) was declared a pandemic by the World Health Organization. Many countries had started to take steps to isolate suspected cases, ban mass gatherings and public events, close schools and universities and impose social distancing. At the time, MAMaZ Against Malaria at Scale (MAM@Scale) was implementing a community level intervention to address severe malaria targeted to young children in five districts of Zambia, working in partnership with district health teams. Responding to an urgent request by the Ministry of Health (MOH) for development partners to help build community preparedness and resilience, the project swiftly pivoted its activities to integrate a COVID-19 focus.

This evidence brief looks at how MAM@Scale adapted a severe malaria intervention in Zambia in the context of COVID-19.

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