MSF-OCB MEDICAL DEPARTMENT REDUCING MALARIA IN MALI EFFECTIVE DIAGNOSTICS AND TREATMENT ARE NOT ENOUGH MSF PROJECT IN KANGABA DISTRICT MARCH 2011 MSF-OCB MEDICAL DEPARTMENT REDUCING MALARIA IN MALI EFFECTIVE DIAGNOSTICS AND TREATMENT ARE NOT ENOUGH MSF PROJECT IN KANGABA DISTRICT MARCH 2011 REDUCING MALARIA IN MALI MSF-OCB, Medical Department 94 Rue Dupre Bruxelles 1090 Belgium Technical support & Coordination Operational Research and Documentation Unit MSF-Luxembourg 68 Rue de Gasperich L-1617 Luxembourg Further information and reprints Dr Rony Zachariah E-mail:
[email protected] Tel: + 352 332515 Fax: + 352 335133 REDUCING MALARIA IN MALI 3 AUTHORSHIP THIS REPORT WAS WRITTEN BY THE TEAM OF Wilma van den Boogaard, Marcel Manzi, Engy Ali and Tony Reid, from the MSF-OCB Operational Research Department, Luxembourg. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS THE REPORT WAS BASED ON CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE FOLLOWING MSF STAFF IN MALI: Jean Claude Djoumessi, Cheick Toure, Youssouf Dembele, Ousmane Goita, Ouologuem Sekou, Sidibe Bakary, Sekou Ouedraogo, Abdoul Sangare, Mohammed Sow, Agents Palu, Ibrahim Keita, Sitan Keita and Anthony Keita as well as ASACO members from Carrier and Manicoura CSCOMs (in Selingue CSREF) plus Salamale and Kenieba CSCOMs (in Kangaba CSREF – Amadou Tangara). IT ALSO DREW UPON EARLIER REPORTS AND RESEARCH: a draft of a community mortality study, (Michel van Herp); Annual Reports from MSF Bamako; a draft of a KAP study on bednet utilisation 2010, (Watsan Unit); MSF publications: “Improving access to effective malaria treatment in Mali, 2008”, and “Full Prescription”, 2008; Mali Country Policy Paper 2010; and reports from recent field visits from Martin de Smet, Seco Gerard, and Tine Grammens.