RBM Partnership to End Malaria
The past twenty years have seen tremendous gains ...
RBM Partnership to End Malaria
The past twenty years have seen tremendous gains in reducing the burden of disease and progressing towards malaria elimination. Since 2000, global malaria deaths have been cut by more than half, saving over 10 million lives, primarily among children less than five years of age. Expansions in financing, strong political commitments, novel diagnostic and preventative measures, and multi-sectoral coordination have facilitated this progress. Since 1998, RBM Partnership to End Malaria has been central to the global fight against malaria. It has been essential to mobilizing resources and scaling up innovative interventions, putting the world onto a path towards eliminating malaria. The Partnership comprises more than 500 partners committed to end malaria, including malaria endemic countries, their bilateral and multilateral development partners, the private sector, nongovernmental and community-based organizations, foundations, and research and academic institutions.
The RBM Partnership's Vision is of a world free from the burden of malaria. The work of the RBM Partnership is guided by the 2021-2025 RBM Partnership Strategic Plan.
The RBM Partnership is based in Geneva and hosted by UNOPS.
The Country/Regional Support Partner Committee (CRSPC) provides a platform to engage the RBM Partnership community in coordinating support to countries and regions as they execute their malaria control and elimination implementation programmes and the health systems that support them. Support is tailored to suit the requirements and existing capacity in each country and region.
The Senior Specialist shall work for the RBM Country/Regional Support Partner Committee (CRSPC) to provide technical support on health systems-related issues to national malaria control programmes and/or relevant programmes to optimize the quality and effectiveness of country and regional programming of malaria and primary health care more broadly including developing plans, conducting reviews, providing ongoing support in programme implementation, addressing bottlenecks, resource mobilization and advocacy.
As malaria is often the main reason for seeking care in many countries, it is imperative that the primary health care system is strong, affordable and can provide quality preventive and curative care for all acute febrile diseases as well as broader services required for maternal and child health. In addition, vertical aspects of malaria programming – such as ITN, IRS and SMC campaigns – rely on the underpinning administrative, regulatory and logistic systems. Integrated programs at facility and community level, when appropriate, can also improve cost-effectiveness but, more importantly, provide a more holistic, people-centered package. As such, malaria programmes are increasingly requesting support to address key systems issues impacting their interventions and strategy.