Year 5 Work Plan FY 2021: October 2020 to September 2021

The project aims to achieve and maintain universal coverage of at-risk populations with proven vector control and case management interventions, while promoting the testing of new tools and approaches. The project's geographical coverage includes 31 townships in five states and regions, with a total population of approximately 2.5 million people. The project partners with various organizations, including the American Refugee Committee, Myanmar Health Assistants Association, and Myanmar Nurses and Midwives Association, to implement activities in the targeted areas. The project's objectives are aligned with the National Malaria Control Program's (NMCP) goals and strategies. Objective 1 focuses on achieving and maintaining universal coverage of at-risk populations with proven vector control and case management interventions, while promoting the testing of new tools and approaches. This objective involves ensuring the distribution of long-lasting insecticidal nets, diagnostics, and quality-assured medicines to beneficiary populations, health services, and collaborating village malaria workers. Objective 2 aims to strengthen the malaria surveillance system to comprehensively monitor progress and inform the deployment and targeting of appropriate responses and strategies. This objective involves strengthening the malaria surveillance system, improving data management capacity at all levels of the health system, and supporting the implementation and regular updating of the new village-based malaria stratification framework. Objective 3 focuses on enhancing the technical and operational capacity of the NMCP and other health service providers at all levels of service provision. This objective involves improving skills and job performance of staff involved in malaria control, particularly on epidemiology, surveillance, entomology, and vector control, through supportive supervision and trainings at peripheral and national levels. Objective 4 aims to promote the involvement of communities, private healthcare providers, private companies, and state-owned enterprises in malaria control and elimination initiatives. This objective involves building the organizational and technical capacity of ethnic organizations, community-based organizations, and community support groups, as well as strengthening social and behavior change communication activities to promote the sustained use of preventive methods and the timely use of community and facility-based health services. The project's budget for Year 5 is approximately $10 million, with a total cumulative budget of $45 million for the five-year period. The project's implementation is expected to contribute to the reduction of malaria cases and deaths in Myanmar, ultimately leading to the elimination of malaria in the country.