Namibia: Moving Towards Malaria Elimination in Namibia

The Ministry of Health and Social Services (MoHSS) in partnership with the World Health Organization (WHO) is currently implementing the WHO/AFRO II larviciding demonstration project in six districts in Omusati, Oshikoto, Ohangwena, Kavango East and West regions where malaria is transmitted. The project aims to strengthen national capacity for implementing diversified mosquito control measures to contribute towards malaria elimination. The objective of the project in Namibia is to assess the effectiveness of community based mosquito larviciding (treatment of water bodies with a biological agent to kill the baby mosquitoes) in addition to indoor house spraying and insecticide treated nets as an additional tool for mosquito and malaria control. It also aims to strengthen national capabilities for implementation and scaling up of evidence-based, innovative, diversified and environmentally sound disease vector control interventions with particular focus on winter larviciding as an additional vector control tool to achieve malaria elimination.

So far one thousand eight hundred and forty-three (1843) blood samples have been collected to determine the presence of malaria amongst the people in the households in the 12 study sites. One thousand four hundred and sixty-six (1466) houses were counted and household questionnaires administered to the household heads to obtain socio-economic and malaria status information. The survey samples and the data collected are currently being processed.

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