Table 1 Country-level national malaria strategy (NMS) policy goals in sub-Saharan Africa
From: Routine data for malaria morbidity estimation in Africa: challenges and prospects
Country | Classification category | NMS period | National malaria strategy goal | Sub-national representation of malaria heterogeneity |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Botswana | Elimination | 2014–2018 | Achieve zero local malaria transmission in Botswana by 2018 | A and B |
Cape Verde | Elimination | 2014–2020 | Sustainably reduce the incidence of indigenous malaria by 2016 and lay the foundations for its elimination by 2020 | No malaria map |
Comoros | Elimination | 2017–2021 | Reduce to zero cases of indigenous malaria transmission in the Union of Comoros by 2021 | A |
Eswatini | Elimination | 2015–2020 | Eliminate malaria by 2015 and achieve the WHO’s certification of elimination by 2018 | B |
Namibia | Elimination | 2017–2022 | Achieve zero local malaria cases in Namibia by 2022 | A |
São Tomé and PrÃncipe | Elimination | 2017–2021 | By 2021, reduce malaria incidence to 1 case per 1000 population in all São Tomé districts and 0 (0) indigenous cases in the Autonomous Region of PrÃncipe | B |
South Africa | Elimination | 2019–2023 | Achieve zero local malaria transmission in South Africa by the year 2023 | B |
Djibouti | Pre-elimination | 2013–2017 | Reduce the prevalence of malaria parasite carriers from 0.64% (2008 survey) to 0% to reach zero indigenous cases by the end of 2017 | D |
Rwanda | Pre-elimination | 2013–2020 | Reduce malaria morbidity by 30% of 2015–2016 level, by 2020 | A |
Zanzibar | Pre-elimination | 2016–2020 | Detecting and responding to malaria outbreaks | B |
Zimbabwe | Pre-elimination | 2016–2020 | Reduce malaria incidence to 5/1000 by 2020 compared to 2015 levels | A |
Ethiopia | Control and elimination | 2014–2020 | Achieve 75% reduction in malaria cases from baseline of 2013 by 2020. Achieve falciparum malaria elimination in selected low transmission areas by 2020. | A |
Somalia | Control and elimination | 2016–2020 | Reduce case incidence to < 1 case per 1000 in low transmission regions. Reduce case incidence by 40% in control regions | D |
Zambia | Control and elimination | 2017–2021 | Reduce malaria incidence from 336 cases per 1000 population in 2015 to less than 5 cases per 1000 population by 2019 | B |
Angola | Control | 2016–2020 | Reduce malaria morbidity by 60% in the country by 2020 compared to the 2012 baseline. | E |
Benin | Control | 2017–2021 | Reduce the rate of incidence of malaria by at least 25% over the 2015 rate | E |
Burkina Faso | Control | 2014–2017 | Reduce morbidity by 75% compared to 2000 | No malaria map |
Burundi | Control | 2018–2023 | Reduce malaria morbidity by at least 60% by 2023 | A and D |
Cameroon | Control | 2014–2018 | Reduce malaria incidence from 2015 levels by 60% by 2023 | E |
The central African Republic | Control | 2016–2020 | Reduce the incidence of malaria by at least 40% in 2020 compared to 2016 | E |
Chad | Control | 2019–2023 | Reduce malaria morbidity by 75% compared to the 2015 level | A, D and E |
Congo | Control | 2018–2022 | Reduce malaria incidence rate by 86% compared to baseline rate in 2015 | No Malaria Map |
Côte d’Ivoire | Control | 2016–2020 | Reduce the incidence of malaria by at least 40% by 2020 compared to 2015 | A |
The Democratic Republic of the Congo | Control | 2016–2020 | By 2020, reduce malaria-related morbidity by 40% compared to 2015 levels | D and E |
Equatorial Guinea | Control | 2016–2020 | By 2020, reduce by 40% the malaria morbidity compared to the 2015 level | No malaria map |
Eritrea | Control | 2015–2019 | Reduce malaria incidence by 50% from 2010 levels and achieve test positivity rate (TPR) below 5% in all sub-zones to shift to pre-elimination by 2017 and beyond | B and D |
Gabon | Control | 2018–2021 | By 2021, reduce malaria-related morbidity by at least 40% compared to 2015 | No malaria map |
The Gambia | Control | 2014–2020 | Reduce malaria case incidence by at least 40% compared with 2013, by 2020 | A |
Ghana | Control | 2014–2020 | Reduce malaria morbidity burden by 75% (using 2012 as baseline) by the year 2020 | D and E |
Guinea | Control | 2018–2022 | Achieve pre-elimination by 2022 by reducing malaria morbidity by 75% compared to 2016 | D and E |
Guinea-Bissau | Control | 2018–2022 | Reduce malaria morbidity by at least 50% compared to 2015 | No malaria map |
Kenya | Control | 2019–2023 | Reduce malaria incidence and deaths by at least 75% of the 2016 levels by 2023 | D |
Liberia | Control | 2016–2020 | By 2020, reduce illnesses caused by malaria by 50% compared to MIS 2011 baseline | C and D |
Madagascar | Control | 2013–2017 | Reduce malaria-related morbidity to less than 5% in 50% of districts and to less than 10% in other districts by the end of 2017 | A, B and D |
Malawi | Control | 2017–2022 | To reduce malaria incidence by at least 50% from a 2016 baseline of 386 per 1000 population to 193 per 1000 | A |
Mali | Control | 2018–2022 | Reduce malaria incidence by 50% compared to 2015 | D |
Mauritania | Control | 2014–2020 | Achieving the goal of eliminating malaria by 2025 | B and E |
Mozambique | Control | 2017–2022 | Reduce malaria morbidity at a national level by at least 40% compared to levels observed in 2015, by 2022 | A and D |
Niger | Control | 2017–2021 | Reduce the incidence of malaria by at least 40% by 2021 compared to 2015 | No malaria map |
Nigeria | Control | 2014–2020 | Reduce malaria burden to pre-elimination levels | D |
Senegal | Control | 2016–2020 | Reduce the incidence of malaria by at least 75% compared to 2014 | A and D |
Sierra Leone | Control | 2016–2020 | Reduce malaria morbidity by at least 40% compared with 2015 by 2020 | D |
South Sudan | Control | 2014–2021 | Reduce the morbidity of malaria by 80% and malaria parasite prevalence by 50% compared to 2013 by the year 2020 | D |
Sudan | Control | 2018–2020 | Reduce malaria morbidity by 30% by 2020 (taking 2017 as a baseline) | D |
Tanzania | Control | 2014–2020 | Reduce the average country malaria prevalence from 10% in 2012 to 5% in 2016 and further in 2020 to less than 1%. | D |
Togo | Control | 2017–2022 | Reduce malaria morbidity in the general population | A |
Uganda | Control | 2014–2020 | Reduce malaria morbidity to 30 cases per 1000 population by 2020. Reduce the malaria parasite prevalence to less than 7% by 2020. | D |