Malaria SBC Evidence Discussion Webinar: Scaling-Up Malaria Elimination Management and Leadership
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Supervisors fill out paperwork during morning roll call in Zimbabwe. Credit: Bridget Higginbotham for PMI/USAID
About the Event
How can research findings inform and improve social and behavior change (SBC) programs? What questions can SBC practitioners keep in mind to help sift through research, interpret publications, and apply lessons learned? Join Breakthrough ACTION for the seventh in a series of online guided discussions following a journal club format about malaria SBC evidence on September 27, from 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m. (EDT). More information about the article and how you can prepare for and participate in the online discussion is found below.
Improving malaria SBC in countries with varied malaria transmission can be challenging. While National Malaria Control/Elimination Programs often focus on technical challenges, a number of operational issues may need to be addressed as well. In Zimbabwe, the National Malaria Control Program piloted a participatory organization development and quality improvement approach in three malaria elimination provinces. This approach was unique because it focused on behaviors far higher on the socio-ecological model than most traditional SBC programs. The article "Scaling up malaria elimination management and leadership: a pilot in three provinces in Zimbabwe, 2016–2018" demonstrates that improving motivation and communication between different cadres of health workers can not only improve behavior at structural levels but it can also be adapted and scaled up in other contexts.
Featured Speaker
Amanda Marr Chung, MPH VMMC Sustainability Project Director, UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences
Preparing for the Discussion
1. Download and read the article.
2. Download and use the Discussion Guide, which has questions to consider as you read the article and to help you follow along during the webinar discussion.