RBM Partnership and Geneva Foundation Collaborate to Amplify Malaria Elimination Efforts

In a determined push to eradicate malaria, the Geneva Learning Foundation has joined forces with the RBM Partnership to End Malaria. The partnership focuses on elevating the perspectives of community health workers who play a critical role in the fight against malaria. This collaboration aims to bring fresh, frontline insights into the global strategies driving malaria elimination efforts, especially in regions most affected by the disease.

The Importance of Community-Based Health Insights

Malaria remains a daunting global health issue, impacting millions each year, particularly in African and Asian countries. The RBM Partnership, recognized as the largest coordinated action platform against malaria, has consistently promoted community-focused approaches to malaria control. By collaborating with the Geneva Learning Foundation, a Swiss organization specializing in educational science and peer-network building, the RBM Partnership plans to create more inclusive and informed strategies.

This initiative, led by RBM’s CEO, Dr. Adekunle Charles, is designed to incorporate on-the-ground feedback from health workers into malaria response efforts. “To end malaria, we must empower the people closest to the problem,” Dr. Charles stated, underscoring the importance of frontline workers in shaping effective and locally relevant malaria solutions.

Teach to Reach: Empowering Frontline Health Workers

The collaboration will employ the Geneva Foundation’s Teach to Reach initiative, a peer-learning network that connects over 60,000 health professionals worldwide. The platform serves as a forum where local health workers can share real-world experiences and successful strategies. Aimed at promoting local insights, the Teach to Reach event, set for December 5-6, 2024, will feature health workers from high-transmission malaria areas, allowing them to discuss challenges and share best practices.

Dr. Charles emphasized the value of these insights, noting that they would directly inform the agenda of a malaria-special event scheduled for December 10, 2024. This event will bring together stakeholders, policymakers, and health professionals to drive discussions on malaria elimination, particularly in high-burden areas.

Recognizing Health Workers’ Leadership in Malaria Control

The Geneva Learning Foundation’s Executive Director, Reda Sadki, echoed this sentiment, pointing out the essential role of health worker leadership. “We need new ways to learn and lead,” Sadki stated. “By working directly with national malaria programs and teams involved in the RBM Partnership, we ensure that health workers’ knowledge shapes effective, equitable, and locally-led solutions to eliminate malaria.”

The RBM-Geneva Foundation collaboration signals a shift toward more adaptive and community-informed malaria control strategies. With local health professionals playing an increasingly central role in policy-shaping and solution development, this partnership aims to foster sustainable and impactful malaria elimination strategies.

For more information on this partnership, visit the original article on PUNCH Healthwise here.

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