World Malaria Day 2022: Stories from the MAM@Scale programme
This World Malaria Day, we’re celebrating MAM@Scale, the innovative, community-led programme designed to address the lack of severe malaria case management capabilities and access to treatment options in rural Zambia. This programme included the delivery of quality assured pre-referral rectal artesunate suppositories (RAS), injectable artesunate at healthcare facilities and the implementation of bicycle ambulances as a form of emergency transport system (ETS). MAM@Scale was implemented by a consortium comprising Development Data, DAI Global Health, Disacare, Medicines for Malaria (MMV) and Transaid, all working with the National Malaria Elimination Centre (NMEC) and the District Health Management Teams in Zambia. The consortium…
