Malaria Control Program Management Professional Training Course

Module 1: Foundations of Malaria Epidemiology and Global Eradication Strategies

ü  Parasite biology: Life cycles of Plasmodium falciparum, vivax, ovale, malariae, and knowlesi.

ü  Global and regional malaria burdens: Trends, transmission dynamics, and high-risk demographic clusters.

ü  Core pillars of the WHO Global Technical Strategy for Malaria.

ü  Social determinants of health: Urbanization, migration, poverty, and malaria transmission links.

ü  Practical Session: Constructing a comprehensive baseline epidemiological profile for a simulated high-burden endemic district.

Module 2: Strategic Design and Logical Frameworks for Malaria Programs

ü  Translating national malaria strategic guidelines into actionable operational and annual work plans.

ü  Developing robust logical frameworks (LogFrames) with measurable inputs, outputs, and impacts.

ü  Risk identification, risk profiling, and formulation of institutional mitigation strategies.

ü  Human resource optimization: Task-shifting, capacity auditing, and healthcare worker performance tracking.

ü  Practical Session: Drafting a multi-year project LogFrame complete with performance targets and risk matrices for a regional program.

Module 3: Integrated Vector Management and Vector Ecology

ü  Core biology and feeding behaviors of primary and secondary Anopheles vectors.

ü  Designing and executing Long-Lasting Insecticidal Net (LLIN) mass distribution and continuous distribution matrices.

ü  Indoor Residual Spraying (IRS) program management: Target selection, chemical options, and spray operations.

ü  Environmental management, larval source management, and supplementary vector toolkits.

ü  Practical Session: Formulating an operational deployment plan for an IRS campaign, including micro-planning, resource calculations, and community zoning.

Module 4: Entomological Surveillance and Insecticide Resistance Tracking

ü  Setting up sentinel sites for longitudinal entomological monitoring and vector behavioral data collection.

ü  Vector collection techniques: Pyrethrum spray catches, light traps, and human landing inhibitions.

ü  Mechanics of insecticide resistance: Metabolic pathways, target-site mutations, and behavioral changes.

ü  Utilizing the WHO susceptibility test kits and CDC bottle bioassays for resistance mapping.

ü  Practical Session: Analyzing a raw entomological dataset to plot insecticide resistance trends and select alternative chemical classes.

Module 5: Diagnostic Frameworks and Case Management Optimization

ü  Universal access to diagnosis: Light microscopy standards vs. Malaria Rapid Diagnostic Tests (RDTs).

ü  Management guidelines for uncomplicated malaria: Artemisinin-based Combination Therapies (ACTs) protocols.

ü  Clinical management of severe malaria: Parenteral artesunate deployment and intensive care pathways.

ü  Tracking antimalarial drug efficacy and monitoring drug resistance markers.

ü  Practical Session: Troubleshooting diagnostic diagnostic gaps at facility levels and drafting a clinical corrective action workflow.

Module 6: Chemoprevention Strategies and Vaccine Rollout Management

ü  Intermittent Preventive Treatment in Pregnancy (IPTp) using Sulfadoxine-Pyrimethamine: Coverage optimization strategies.

ü  Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) implementation plans for highly seasonal transmission settings.

ü  Perinatal and child health chemoprevention variations: IPTi and post-discharge protocols.

ü  Integrating malaria vaccines (e.g., RTS,S or R21) into routine Expanded Programs on Immunization (EPI).

ü  Practical Session: Developing an implementation roadmap for a district-wide Seasonal Malaria Chemoprevention (SMC) campaign.

Module 7: Epidemiological Surveillance and Health Information Systems

ü  Designing passive and active case detection structures across diverse transmission levels.

ü  Strengthening DHIS2 platforms: Malaria module optimization, data entry timeliness, and completeness tracking.

ü  Zero-reporting protocols, data validation rules, and minimizing community under-reporting biases.

ü  Transforming raw clinical tally sheets into weekly and monthly epidemiological analytical dashboards.

ü  Practical Session: Navigating a sample DHIS2 malaria dashboard to identify data reporting discrepancies and validate facility indicators.

Module 8: Digital Health Tools and Spatial Mapping for Outbreak Response

ü  Application of geographic information systems (GIS) for stratification of malaria transmission risk zones.

ü  Utilizing mobile health (mHealth) applications for community real-time case reporting and alert monitoring.

ü  Predictive modeling: Integrating weather, temperature, and vegetation indexes for early warning structures.

ü  Rapid response team mobilization: Protocols for investigating clusters in low-prevalence elimination zones.

ü  Practical Session: Utilizing an open-source mapping application to locate transmission hotspots and map out targeted vector responses.

Module 9: Supply Chain Management and Procurement of Malaria Commodities

ü  Quantification and forecasting of LLINs, RDTs, ACTs, and laboratory consumables using consumption and morbidity methods.

ü  Procurement pipelines, international bidding frameworks, and lead-time optimization matrices.

ü  Warehousing parameters: Cold-chain management, inventory rotation, and expiration minimization strategies.

ü  Last-mile delivery networks: Managing stock transport to remote, peripheral health posts.

ü  Practical Session: Conducting a comprehensive quantification exercise to calculate quarterly ACT needs while adjusting for seasonal consumption spikes.

Module 10: Quality Assurance of Diagnostics and Antimalarial Medicines

ü  Constructing national quality control systems for RDT lots and slide microscopy cross-checking protocols.

ü  Post-market surveillance methodologies for verifying chemical composition of circulating antimalarial pharmaceuticals.

ü  Identifying counterfeit, sub-standard, and degraded malaria control commodities in public and private markets.

ü  Standard operating procedures for pharmacovigilance and reporting adverse drug events.

ü  Practical Session: Simulating a facility-level quality audit on RDT storage conditions and establishing corrective action plans.

Module 11: Social and Behavior Change Communication (SBCC) Campaigns

ü  Behavioral frameworks: Identifying cultural, economic, and logistical barriers to LLIN usage and prompt treatment seeking.

ü  Designing targeted messaging strategies across radio, television, print, and digital social media channels.

ü  Community engagement strategies: Mobilizing religious, tribal, and youth leaders as advocacy champions.

ü  Monitoring message exposure, recall accuracy, and subsequent behavior change correlation metrics.

ü  Practical Session: Creating an SBCC campaign blueprint targeted at increasing early prenatal care and IPTp adherence among rural populations.

Module 12: Community-Based Malaria Interventions and Decentralized Care

ü  Integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) guidelines: Training and equipping Community Health Workers (CHWs).

ü  Supervision, payment structures, retention strategies, and motivation programs for rural health volunteers.

ü  Supply chain linkages between central primary health facilities and community point-of-care distribution hubs.

ü  Engaging the private sector: Retail drug shops, pharmacies, and informal providers in standardized care tracking.

ü  Practical Session: Designing a performance scorecard and continuous tracking framework for a network of community health workers.

Module 13: Financial Management, Budgeting, and Resource Mobilization

ü  Core principles of activity-based costing and comprehensive program budgeting for disease interventions.

ü  Financial tracking systems: Correlating budget drawdowns against physical project milestones to prevent overruns.

ü  Cost-effectiveness analysis: Evaluating the economic return of alternative malaria intervention mixes.

ü  Strategic mapping of global financing landscapes, bilateral funding, and private philanthropic institutions.

ü  Practical Session: Restructuring a deficient project budget into an audit-compliant, activity-based financial document.

Module 14: Grant Management and Compliance for Global Health Donors

ü  Global Fund, PMI, and World Bank grant implementation processes, funding windows, and reporting dynamics.

ü  Procurement and Supply Management (PSM) plans required for international donor release conditions.

ü  Audit readiness: Documenting compliance, expenditure verifications, and managing non-allowable costs.

ü  Preparing standard Progress Update and Disbursement Requests (PUDR) for complex multi-year grants.

ü  Practical Session: Reviewing a mock financial audit report to isolate compliance errors and devise remediation plans.

Module 15: Monitoring and Evaluation Frameworks for Malaria Control

ü  Constructing National M&E plans: Defining core impact, outcome, and output indicators.

ü  Designing population-based cluster surveys: Malaria Indicator Surveys (MIS) and Demographic Health Surveys (DHS).

ü  Data quality audits (DQA): Protocols for verifying data accuracy between facility registers and national repositories.

ü  Evaluating program performance against national, regional, and Sustainable Development Goal targets.

ü  Practical Session: Performing a simulated Data Quality Audit (DQA) on a batch of health facility registers to check for compilation discrepancies.

Module 16: Operational Research and Evidence-Based Decision Making

ü  Identifying operational program bottlenecks suitable for targeted implementation and operational research.

ü  Designing simple quantitative and qualitative methodologies to study field intervention bottlenecks.

ü  Ethical approval steps, patient privacy management, and safe storage of public health research records.

ü  Translating peer-reviewed academic findings into simple operational policy updates for health program staff.

ü  Practical Session: Developing an operational research concept note to investigate persistent non-adherence to LLIN usage in a target district.

Module 17: Multi-Sector Coordination, Advocacy, and Health Policy Integration

ü  Engaging cross-sector ministries: Agriculture, environment, education, and mining in integrated malaria planning.

ü  Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs): Leveraging corporate social responsibility funds from extraction industries.

ü  Legislative advocacy: Promoting policies on zero-tariff imports for public health commodities.

ü  Cross-border malaria initiatives: Harmonizing surveillance and vector interventions along international borders.

ü  Practical Session: Simulating a cross-border coordination summit negotiation to align vector spraying calendars between neighboring territories.

Module 18: Leadership, Crisis Management, and Strategic Elimination Planning

ü  Leading complex teams: Managing interpersonal conflict, driving professional motivation, and guiding institutional change.

ü  Crisis response frameworks: Mobilizing emergency assets during malaria resurgences driven by floods or civil conflicts.

ü  Transitioning from control frameworks to strict sub-national and national elimination certification criteria.

ü  Post-elimination surveillance: Preventing the re-introduction of active malaria transmission loops.

ü  Practical Session: Developing an emergency response and logistical mobilization plan to address a sudden, climate-induced malaria epidemic.

About Our Trainers

Our training facilitators are prominent global public health field leaders, entomologists, and health logisticians with over 20 years of active operational experience in disease control sectors. They have continuously held key advisory roles within ministries of health, the World Health Organization (WHO), and major international non-governmental organizations across Sub-Saharan Africa and Asia. Bringing a wealth of practical experience in managing multi-million-dollar Global Fund portfolios and coordinating complex humanitarian disaster responses, our trainers deliver actionable insights that prepare participants to navigate unpredictable public health field environments successfully.

Quality Statement

Phoenix Training Center stands committed to providing the highest caliber of specialized technical professional education. Our course designs rely on rigorous evidence-based curricula, aligning directly with current international health guidelines and modern educational best practices. Through active engagement with academic advisory boards and exhaustive field review protocols, we ensure our learning modules deliver current and highly applicable insights. We guarantee a dynamic, professional, and asset-rich learning space that yields immediate, measurable dividends for public health teams globally.

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Admission Criteria

ü  Participants should be reasonably proficient in English.

ü  Applicants must live up to Phoenix Center for Policy, Research and Training admission criteria.

Terms and Conditions

ü  Discounts: Organizations sponsoring Four Participants will have the 5th attend Free

ü  What is catered for by the Course Fees: Fees cater for all requirements for the training – Learning materials, Lunches, Teas, Snacks and Certification. All participants will additionally cater for their travel and accommodation expenses, visa application, insurance, and other personal expenses.

ü  Certificate Awarded: Participants are awarded Certificate of Completion at the end of the training.

ü  Course Improvement: The program content shown here is for guidance purposes only. Our continuous course improvement process may lead to changes in topics and course structure.

ü  Approval of Course: Our Programs are NITA Approved. Participating organizations can therefore claim reimbursement on fees paid in accordance with NITA Rules.

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Cancellation Policy

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ü  Participants may cancel attendance 14 days or more prior to the training commencement date.

ü  No refunds will be made 14 days or less before the training commencement date. However, participants who are unable to attend may opt to attend a similar training course at a later date or send a substitute participant provided the participation criteria have been met.

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