President’s Malaria Initiative Unit

PMI Team Lead

Laurel Fain

Unit Lead:
Project Management
President’s Malaria
Specialist
Initiative

Lulu Msangi
Naomi Serbantez
 President’s Malaria Initiative
List key target groups
• Children under 5 years of age in high malaria prevalence areas
• Pregnant women in high malaria prevalence areas

Parasite Prevalence MIS 2017 Malaria Focus Areas

Country Development Cooperation Strategy
IR 1.2
>VectorLink project
>Tanzania Vector Control Activity
>OMDM
> Impact Malaria
PMI supported intervention

• Vector Control
• Drug-based prevention
• Case Management (Diagnostic and
Treatment)
• Supply Chain Management
• Social and behavior change
• Surveillance, Monitoring and Evaluation
• Operational Research
• Health System Strengthening
 Malaria Standing Alone Activities
Bilateral/
Geographic
Partner Name Activity Name Description Field AOR/COR/AM Start Date End Date
Focus
TEC
Support

Lake Zone
Naomi Serbantez
Field regions
Abt Associates VectorLink Indoor residual spaying (AM); Lulu Msangi 7/30/18 6/29/23 $70m 
Support including
(Alt)
Zanzibar 

Achieve high coverage of long-lasting

Naomi Serbantez Nationwide
John Hopkins Tanzania Vector Control ITNs and facilitate adoption of
Bilateral (COR); Lulu 7/15/2020 7/14/2025 including $43m 
University Activity alternative vector management
Msangi (Alt COR) Zanzibar 
interventions

Chonge Kitojo Nationwide

Okoa Maisha Dhibiti (AOR) including
RTI International Bilateral 8/7/18 8/6/23 $19.5m
Malaria Conduct malaria surveillance, Naomi Zanzibar 
entomological monitoring, and drug Serbantez (Alt)  
efficacy monitoring, especially among
pregnant women and children under
five

Nationwide
Impact Malaria Strengthening malaria case Field Erik Reaves (AM);
PSI 9/30/2020 9/30/2022 including $5m
management and diagnostic Support Chonge Kitojo (Alt)
Zanzibar
 Key Portfolio Issues and Opportunities
▪ Issues (e.g. policy)
✔ Malaria self-testing
✔ Community testing (because lack of CHW or approved policy)
✔ Preference for continuous distribution of bednets versus mass campaigns
✔ PMI restrictions on procurement of mRDT, which are used and preferred in
Tanzania

▪ Opportunities (e.g. collaboration with other donors)

✔ New bilateral award for vector control
✔ New project partner for case management