A MALARIA FREE NIGERIA - SUNMAP IS A UNIQUE PARTNERSHIP WITH ONE COMMON GOAL: DFID/UKAID LOGO AND SUNMAP LOGO
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SuNMaP is a unique partnership
with one common goal:
a malaria free Nigeria
William Daniels
DFID/UKAID Logo and SuNMaP Logo
SuNMaP: Support to National Malaria Programm Malaria is a deadly disease which kills at least
300,000 Nigerian children every year
Nigeria accounts for a quarter of all deaths and suffering
from malaria in Africa. Almost all the population in the
country is at risk. Nearly 30% of childhood deaths and SuNMaP is:
11% of all maternal deaths are caused by malaria. Supporting malaria control
programmes at national
It costs the nation at least $1 billion every year. as well as state levels
SuNMaP responds to the urgent need in Nigeria Seeking long-term gains
rather than short-term fixes
Funded by UKaid/Department for International
Implementing a comprehensive
Development (DFID), SuNMaP is strengthening the country’s approach to malaria control
commitment to control and, one day, eliminate malaria.
SuNMaP is a five year programme that aims to reach the
ambitious Abuja targets in the fight to drive out malaria,
against the backdrop of the Millennium Development Goals.
SuNMaP is implemented by international and local partners.
Whenever possible and appropriate, SuNMaP invests its
resources to harmonise partners’ efforts in practical ways at “We believe developing a
national, state and local levels. We are also strengthening programme like SuNMaP will help
the capacity for policy development, planning and us to join the other partners who
have the same shared ambition,
management at various levels. and together we can fight malaria.”
The SuNMaP programme is focused on finding Nigerian Dr. Audu Grema , Head of Kano Office, DFID
solutions, drawing on national and local experience
supported by international expertise.
SuNMaP Activities
Tackling malaria head on
In close engagement with National and State Malaria
Control Programmes, SuNMaP carries out the following
activities in these main areas:
Building Malaria Creating Research,
Capacity & Prevention & Demand Monitoring &
Harmonisation Treatment Evaluation
■■ Conducting needs ■■ Mosquito net ■■Joint review of ■■ Development of a
assessments distribution campaigns existing strategies national operational
research plan for malaria
■■ Development of a ■■ Increase regular access to ■■ Development and
capacity building key malaria commodities implementation of ■■ Implementation and
model for malaria effective communication dissemination of priority
■■ Facilitate increase in strategies operational research
■■Training, on the job uptake of preventative as agreed with the
mentoring and material malaria interventions ■■ Communication National Malaria Control
development by pregnant women support to ensure Programme and partners
community acceptance
■■ Regular follow-up ■■ Improve access of ■■ Guiding strategies
and supervision selected malaria ■■ Behaviour Change through strong
commodities in the Communication for monitoring and
■■ Development of retail market appropriate and effective evaluation through
operational plans use of interventions routine data collection
and budgets and surveys
■■ Marketing support to
■■ Strengthening the commercial sector ■■ Evaluation surveys
coordination that is consistent with to provide evidence,
and programme public health messages demonstrate impact and
management functions inform strategies review
■■ Improving access to
management information
and performance tracking
Some photos courtesy of William DanielsSuNMaP’s Approach
Creating a sustainable demand
Significant progress requires doing things differently
Support to malaria control has been going on for some time in Nigeria, but now
the country has committed itself to deliver `interventions that work.’ This is the
central aim of Nigeria’s National Malaria Strategic Plan 2009-13. SuNMaP offers
technical support to realise these national aims and help the country develop new “The mass net distribution in Kano
strategies to deliver prevention and treatment packages so that they can reach and Anambra was so successful
every mother, child and household. because you saw the great synergy
amongst the partnership.”
In Nigeria, one size does not fit all Mrs. Chiomah Amajoh, Head of Integrated
SuNMaP is aware that each of the 37 States of Nigeria has a unique cultural Vector Management Unit, National Malaria
Control Programme
identity, hence our approach is not to develop rigid standardised strategies,
methodologies or tools but adapt to the context in each state where we work.
Similarly, partners on the ground are different so our support in each state is
through different partnership models.
Working with different sectors
SuNMaP believes that all sectors contribute to public health but none alone can
achieve a sustained and total solution. Strengthening the roles of each sector and
the synergies between them are at the heart of our mixed model approach.
SuNMaP Provides
Technical Support and Commodities through
all sectors for scaling up coverage
SuNMaP and SuNMaP and SuNMaP and
the Public Sector Civil Society the Commercial
results in free distribution results in vulnerable groups Sector
of commodities and being properly targeted results in mass market
routine systems and creating a demand for response enabling lower
and quality of care quality malaria services pricing and leading to
improvement long-term sustainabilityA SuNMaP Success Story
Getting mosquito nets into households
across Nigeria
SuNMaP aims to demonstrate how SuNMaP took the lead in two states, “Comprehensive malaria
collaboration is achieved through the Kano and Anambra, to demonstrate, control works. SuNMaP is a
harmonisation of partners’ policies, for the first time in Nigeria, how to crucial component of Nigerian
procedures and resources. SuNMaP implement a universal mosquito net Government-led efforts to
engages all sectors and achieves campaign. This led to the successful
mobilize all available resources to
results through innovation and distribution of six million nets provided
flexibility. by partners; two million of these were
reduce malaria deaths. SuNMaP
provided by SuNMaP and distributed is a new generation approach to
One of SuNMaP’s most ambitious supporting the public and local
by its implementation partners.
initiatives is to support state and commercial sectors for longer
national distribution of mosquito nets, To achieve good results, SuNMaP
term sustainability, and ultimately
aimed at reaching every household in implemented a high quality demand
preventing needless deaths and
the country. creation strategy to mobilise people
to receive mosquito nets. The
suffering.”
Achievements communication strategy placed special Mr. Sunil Mehra Executive Director,
SuNMaP improved understanding emphasis on how to use and care for Malaria Consortium
on how to coordinate partners and the nets in the household.
resources in each Nigerian state for
SuNMaP is conducting surveys
the universal distribution campaigns.
following the campaigns in order to
SuNMaP led the design of campaign analyse and assess the results in terms
implementation guidelines to be used of mosquito net ownership and use at
for all states. household level over time.
SuNMaP designed an innovative For the long term, SuNMaP is also
technical assistance structure to providing direct support to the
enable the National Malaria Control commercial sector so that nets
Programme to provide oversight and continue to be available in local
support to the distribution process in markets, with routine distribution to
all 37 states. vulnerable groups in the future. These
combined strategies aim to ensure that
the vulnerable are protected and those
households that want to replace their
nets can do so at affordable prices.
William DanielsThe SuNMaP Partnership
Strong partnerships are important for
providing good value through complimentary
expertise and experience
Three partners lead SuNMaP: Creating demand Contact Information
Malaria Consortium, Health Partners
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School SuNMaP Head Office
International and GRID Consulting.
of Public Health – Center for
With full support of UKaid/Department Abia House, off Ahmadu Bello Way,
Communication Programs
for International Development, the Central Business District, F.C.T.
programme is implemented through Centre for Communication Abuja, Nigeria
the SuNMaP team and a number of Programmes Nigeria
Telephone: +234 98734226
international and national partners. Christian Health Association of Nigeria
Each partner has complementary SuNMap Offices:
(CHAN)
expertise in the various areas of Anambra, Kano, Katsina,
the SuNMaP programme. SuNMaP Federation Of Muslim Women’s Lagos, Niger, Ogun
partners and their respective roles or Association of Nigeria
expertise are listed below:
Commodities logistics
Control of malaria and other and management
communicable diseases CHAN Medi Pharm
Malaria Consortium
Operational research
Health systems and London School of Hygiene and
capacity strengthening Tropical Medicine
Health Partners International Health Policy Research Group,
Health Reform Foundation of Nigeria University of Nigeria, Enugu Campus
Programme set-up, Engagement with
financial control and health commercial sector
systems strengthening Pharmaceutical Manufacturers Group
GRID Consulting of the Manufacturers Association
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