2014
Malaria in the Americas
Malaria en las Américas
Malária nas Américas
What does the Amazon Malaria Initiative do to defeat malaria?
Diagnosis &
Treatment
• Expands access to prompt
diagnosis and treatment
• Monitors medicine efficacy
• Jointly acquires medicines
for participating countries
Communication
• Connects stakeholders
• Changes behavior
• Spreads successes
• Promotes investment
World Malaria Day
Día Mundial de la Malaria
Dia Mundial da Malária
For more, see usaidami.org
#defeatmalaria
Pharmaceutical
Management
Vector Control
Quality Control
• Promotes good storage
practices
• Analyzes vector
distribution and behavior
• Prevents stockouts
• Assesses effectiveness of
bednets and spraying
• Works to institutionalize
a 3-level approach for
ensuring medicine quality
• Enables exchange of
medicines among
countries
• Builds field testing
capacity for monitoring
quality control
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