Table 1 Implementation of malaria control tools/strategies in Zanzibar between 2002 and 2016
Year, month | Interventions |
|---|---|
2002, November | New antimalarial treatment policy: ACT; 1st line: ASAQ, 2nd line: AL |
2003, September | ACT deployment in all public health facilities. |
2004 | ITN distribution, geographically focused Intermittent preventive treatment in pregnancy (IPTp) |
2005, September | LLIN universal distribution to all children < 5 years and pregnant women |
2006, July | IRS (pyrethroid) aiming at annual universal coverage, in March before the main transmission season (after 2006) |
2006 | RDT provision to all public health facilities. LLIN provision initiated to all pregnant women and infants (9 months old) in MCH clinics |
2008 | LLIN universal distribution—two nets per household |
2009 | New antimalarial treatment policy: 1st line: ASAQ, 2nd line: quinine Weekly reporting of malaria cases by mobile phone from health care facilities (MEEDS) |
2012 | LLIN universal distribution—two nets per household IRS policy change: targeting hotspots only (carbamate 2012–2014, pirimiphos-methyl 2015-) Malaria case investigation and reactive household RDT screening and LLIN distribution |
2015 | RDT and ACT provision to private health facilities (AMFm programme) Intermittent screening and treatment in pregnancy (ISTp) replacing IPTp |
2016 | Larviciding in few selected sites New antimalarial treatment policy: ACT + primaquine (single low dose) |