November 2017
Malaria Action Program for Districts
Banyan Global was a subcontractor on the five-year United States Agency for International Development/President’s Malaria Initiative-funded Malaria Action Program for Districts (MAPD) in Uganda. Led by The Malaria Consortium, MAPD prevented and controlled malaria illnesses and deaths to minimize the social and economic effects of the disease among Uganda’s overall population. On the MAPD project, Banyan Global addressed gender and youth issues related to the access to malaria treatment and prevention services and ensured that gender and youth considerations were integrated across all program components. The project focused on the integration of malaria services with maternal, newborn and child health, family planning/reproductive health, tuberculosis, and nutrition services. This included: developing a behavior change communication strategy to encourage critical thinking among men, women, boys, and girls around malaria prevention and treatment; Vijana Leo (Youth Today), MAPD’s flagship community-based malaria youth activity that empowered Youth Champions to design their own activities in the fight against malaria; and gender- and youth-sensitive malaria in pregnancy (MIP) services, a pilot that increased antenatal-care attendance and MIP service uptake among pregnant women, including adolescents. Banyan Global provided capacity building trainings and gender and youth-sensitive community engagements to more than 2,500 participants by the completion of the project.
Project News & Events
February 2, 2021
Leaving a Legacy of Youth-led Malaria Interventions and Empowered Youth in Uganda
August 11, 2020
Youth Champions in Uganda on the Frontlines of the COVID-19 Pandemic Response
March 19, 2020
Youth in Uganda Use Drama to Combat Malaria
May 23, 2019
Banyan Global Hosts Malaria Community Dialogue for USAID Mission Staff in Uganda
April 26, 2019
Banyan Global Celebrates World Malaria Day in Uganda
March 5, 2019
Banyan Global Presents at Ninth Annual African Evaluation Association (AfrEA) International Conference
June 5, 2018