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Regional initiatives for malaria elimination: Building and maintaining partnerships
PLOS Medicine (2017)
  • Andrew A. Lover, University of Massachusetts Amherst
  • Kelly E. Harvard, Global Health Group at the University of California
  • Alistair E. Lindawson, Global Health Group at the University of California
  • Cara Smith Gueye, Global Health Group at the University of California
  • Rima Shretta, Global Health Group at the University of California
  • Roly Gosling, University of California, San Francisco
  • Richard Feachem, University of California, San Francisco
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Abstract
  • Country programs and international donors are increasingly focused on regional approaches to malaria elimination; regional initiatives have been established in southern Africa, the Arabian Peninsula, Asia Pacific, Eastern Europe, and Latin America. Despite this growing attention, there is limited information and guidance on both key activities and organizational components of regional initiatives.
  • In a review conducted for this policy forum, common characteristics across existing regional initiatives emerged: building a region-specific evidence base, leveraging expertise and resources, shifting commodities or pooling procurement, developing data-sharing systems, mobilizing resources, promoting high-level accountability, and strengthening advocacy.
  • Regional initiatives share key structural elements: a strategic unit, technical forums, mechanisms to distribute financing, a high-level political body, and a regional champion or envoy.
Monitoring and evaluating the impact of regional initiatives is weak, and reporting of funding is very limited. A suitable set of indicators to better evaluate the impact of regional initiatives is needed. Finally, the established aid architecture should adapt to improve proposal and grant management processes for regional initiatives in comparison to national and bilateral grants.
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Publication Date
2017
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pmed.1002401
Citation Information
Andrew A. Lover, Kelly E. Harvard, Alistair E. Lindawson, Cara Smith Gueye, et al.. "Regional initiatives for malaria elimination: Building and maintaining partnerships" PLOS Medicine (2017)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/andrew-lover/10/
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