Malaria in Pregnancy Resource Package

This online resource package published by Jhpiego, an international non-profit health organisation affiliated with Johns Hopkins University, is designed for policy-makers, public health professionals, and managers who are implementing, scaling up, or updating programmes designed to reduce malaria in pregnancy and provide effective treatment for pregnant women with malaria. The resource package includes training resources, programming resources, and reference materials, all free to download, and intended to be easily adapted to a specific country’s public health context.

The package contains the following sections.

• Training Resources - This section provides materials and guides for a two-day workshop to train health care workers to prevent, recognise, and treat malaria in pregnancy. It contains a multimedia tutorial that discusses the impact of malaria on pregnant women and newborns and other important issues concerning the prevention and control of malaria in pregnancy. It also includes an orientation package that aims to rapidly disseminate new information in a technical area, such as national policy guidelines, to front-line providers through concise, user-friendly materials.
• Programme Resources - This section contains a programme implementation guide intended to help African countries implement and scale up programmes to prevent and treat malaria in pregnancy. It also contains communication strategy and information materials, as well as job aids that serve to improve communication between healthcare providers and clients about malaria in pregnancy.
• Reference Materials - This section contains information about the Malaria In Pregnancy (MIP) Strategic Framework, MIP monitoring and evaluation guidelines, information sheets, the WHO Technical Consultation Report on intermittent preventative treatment, and a collection of abstracts from key articles on MIP.