Year Four, Quarter Two Malaria Diagnosis and Treatment Progress Report

The project is managed by Abt Associates Inc. and is funded by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), under Contract No. AID-663-LA-16-00001. The project aims to improve access to malaria diagnosis and treatment in private health facilities and workplaces, focusing on mobile and migrant workers (MMW). In Year Four, Quarter Two, PHSP continued providing technical support to 141 private-for-profit and 22 workplace health facilities. The project provided phone-based mentoring and supportive supervision to some facilities, registers and job aids, laboratory quality assurance, and ensured access to pharmaceutical supplies. A total of 136 private-for-profit health facilities and 22 workplace health facilities received support in this quarter. The malaria component of the project has several objectives, including increasing access to and uptake of malaria services in private health facilities and workplaces, enhancing capacity of local partners to ensure the sustainability of public-private mix (PPM) partnerships, enhancing pharmaceutical supply chain management and rational drug use at private health facilities, including workplaces, and generating evidence on malaria service needs of the migrant and mobile workforce for decision making and programming. To meet the project's targets and mitigate the challenges faced in the past years, PHSP applies several implementation strategies. These include working collaboratively with the National Malaria Control and Elimination Program (NMCEP), Regional Health Bureaus (RHBs), and other stakeholders to improve the policy and legal environment to engage the private health sector in the delivery of malaria treatment and prevention. The project also actively participates in the national Technical Working Group (TWG) and Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) and advocates for the inclusion of the private sector in national malaria prevention and control planning, implementation, and monitoring. In this quarter, PHSP supported the finalization, printing, and distribution of PPM implementation guidelines and facilitated a national consultative workshop to define engagement of stakeholders and how to implement malaria prevention and control for MMW in Ethiopia. The project also supported the provision of registers and job aids, laboratory quality assurance, and ensured access to pharmaceutical supplies for private health facilities and workplaces. PHSP-supported private health facilities and workplaces in this quarter reported a total of 355,564 patients suspected for malaria, diagnosed 65,343, and treated 65,245. The project's efforts have contributed to the improvement of malaria diagnosis and treatment services in private health facilities and workplaces in Ethiopia. The project's performance report highlights several key achievements, including the provision of technical support to private health facilities and workplaces, the facilitation of a national consultative workshop, and the support for the finalization, printing, and distribution of PPM implementation guidelines. The report also highlights several challenges faced by the project, including the need to improve the policy and legal environment to engage the private health sector in the delivery of malaria treatment and prevention. In terms of geographic focus, the project is implemented in several regions of Ethiopia, including Afar, Amhara, Benishangul Gumuz, Dire Dawa, Gambella, Oromia, SNNPR, and Tigray. The project's implementation details are outlined in the project's performance report, which highlights the provision of technical support to private health facilities and workplaces, the facilitation of a national consultative workshop, and the support for the finalization, printing, and distribution of PPM implementation guidelines. The project's timeframes are outlined in the project's performance report, which highlights the provision of technical support to private health facilities and workplaces in this quarter. The report also highlights the project's plans for the next quarter, including the continuation of technical support to private health facilities and workplaces and the facilitation of a national consultative workshop. In conclusion, the Private Health Sector Project (PHSP) is a technical assistance project to support the Government of Ethiopia. The project aims to improve access to malaria diagnosis and treatment in private health facilities and workplaces, focusing on mobile and migrant workers (MMW). The project's efforts have contributed to the improvement of malaria diagnosis and treatment services in private health facilities and workplaces in Ethiopia.