WHY END MALARIA?

A CHANCE TO BE FIRST!

Malaria Infects More Than 200 Million People In Africa Each Year, Killing 380 Thousand. The Kingdom Of Eswatini Can Be The First Country In Sub-Saharan Africa To Eliminate Malaria. Heeding The Call Of His Majesty And Ingwenyama King Mswati III, A Coalition Of Government, Private Sector, Traditional Leaders, And The Global Community Established The End Malaria Fund To Ensure Eswatini Has The Resources Necessary To Succeed.

We need to mobilise US$5 million to end malaria in Eswatini.

OUR MISSION

ADVOCACY

Ending malaria must remain a strategic priority for all sectors and at all levels (from national down to the community). The End Malaria Fund actively sensitizes religious and traditional leaders, parliamentarians, and business leaders to the objectives of the National Malaria Elimination Strategy.

The Fund has worked on the following activities

Organized meetings with traditional leaders and the National Malaria Programme to discuss how they can champion malaria.
Hosted an event with national leaders commemorating the launch of the National Malaria Elimination Strategic Plan to raise visibility of national objectives.
Created a platform for the Youth of Eswatini to contribute in the strategy of creating a Youth Army that will lead the malaria elimination agenda
Stakeholder engagements, including Church Forums to discuss how the church can play its role in malaria elimination and resource mobilization.

RESOURCE MOBILIZATION

Objective of the End Malaria Fund is to ensure that the National Malaria Programme has adequate resources to fully implement the National Elimination Strategy and provide backstopping support when there is budget gaps. The End Malaria Fund is an innovative financing mechanisms that is independently managed by a multisectoral board of directors, including a chair from the private sector. This ensures that there is accountability and good stewardship of donor resource.

Case Studies

The Board of Directors mobilized in-kind support from MTN Swaziland for the Ministry of Health’s Disease Notification System. This resulted in service being restored so that the National Malaria Programme could receive real-time updates from health facilities.
Mobilised financial resources to close the gap in the national strategy by 50%.
Provided backstopping support for the development of the Global Fund application to ensure that existing sources of funding are sustained.
Procured front-line anti-malarials after a national stock out

ACCOUNTABILITY

The End Malaria Fund’s Board of Directors meets at least quarterly to receive updates on the progress against malaria (including the national malaria scorecard) and status of commitments made by the various sectors. This provides an opportunity for the senior leaders to hold the National Malaria Programme, partners, and various sectors mutually accountable for ending malaria in Eswatini and for being good stewards of donated resources

Examples

Review the quarterly malaria scorecard to assess performance against national targets and to identify gaps and bottlenecks that need addressing.
Conducted site visits with the Minister of Health to meet with health facility managers and IRS teams to assess performance and gaps.
One site visit revealed a stock out of front-line anti-malar, resulting in procurement of additional medicines.