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Title: Malaria in Schools - A World Malaria Day Special
Presenters: Stefan Witek-McManus, London Applied & Spatial Epidemiology Research (LASER) Group;
Amina Fakir-Knipiler and Christelle Maitre-Anquetil, SANOFI.
Stefan Witek-McManus from LASER, based at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, will be highlighting the key findings from a study into the impact of Learner Treatment Kits (LTK) in schools in Malawi. This innovative research looked at the effectiveness of training teachers to use LTKs - simple first-aid kits containing malaria rapid diagnostic tests and artemisinin-based combination therapy, to manage uncomplicated malaria and other basic health problems experienced by primary school children.
Amina Fakir-Knipiler and Christelle Maitre-Anquetil from SANOFI, a global healthcare company, will be introducing the “School Children against Malaria” program. This program is a Behavior Change Communication initiative using primary schoolchildren as change agents to lead to individual behavior change and engage the community in the fight against malaria. They will also be presenting the award-winning “MOSKI KIT”; a comprehensive range of tools specifically designed to conduct didactic, interactive and fun malaria learning sessions with kids within the classroom. The “School Children against Malaria” program has been implemented in partnership with National Malaria Control Programs, Ministries of Education and NGOs in 17 sub-Saharan African countries, including Mozambique with Save the Children.
Further reading
- Learner Treatment Kit Project (LTK)
- School Children against Malaria Programme
- Malaria toolkit for Schools: A toolkit on Effective Education Sector Responses to malaria in Africa
- World Malaria Report
