Message from the Manager

WIPE OUT MALARIA IN ZANZIBAR

Dear Readers,

Karibuni sana and feel free visiting the Zanzibar Malaria Control Programme (ZMCP) website.

Here you will find detailed information on ZMCP operation and malaria in particular, as well as useful Ministry of Health key issues. A series of useful links will connect you to the relevant units that can help you on specific subjects. Progress reports and publications can be downloaded free of charge, to answer your questions and clarifies issues and concerns about malaria control interventions applied in Zanzibar. We kindly encourage you also to a read useful history of malaria control in our Isles.

The main task of our Programme  is to guide the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare on the recommended approaches of controlling and finally eliminating malaria. This is done through the MOH decision makers and frontline health care workers in both public and private sector. Emphasis is given on the importance of applying multiple interventions such as prompt malaria case management, vector control, behavioral change communications, provision of working guidelines and tools to mention the few. Results from the operations research are used for programmatic decision based on current malaria trends.

We feel honored and privileged to share with you whatever is available and give you the most up-to-date information. In case you do not find what you are looking for, please do not hesitate to contact us by phone or e-mail. The ZMCP team is very much willing to provide the assistance required.

Please remember that the ZMCP is belonging to all of us – mosquito do not respect administrative boundaries and do not require a passport to enter a given country. Kindly provide us with comments and suggestions you may have with regards to our interventions and our performance. You are invited to come and see us, if you wish to discuss a matter in person.

Abdullah S. Ali
Programme Manager
ZMCP, MOHSW Zanzibar