UNOPS
Strengthening of the activities of National Malaria Elimination Programmes in the cross-border areas of South East Asia (SEA) countries to accelerate malaria elimination Grant support-call for proposal

Reference: CFP-UNOPS-RBM-2021-02
Beneficiary countries: Multiple destinations (see 'Countries' tab below)
Published on: 11-Mar-2021
Deadline on: 14-Apr-2021 23:59 (GMT 1.00)

Description

The RBM Partnership to End Malaria is the global platform for coordinated action against malaria. It mobilizes for action and resources and forges consensus among partners. The Partnership is comprised of more than 500 partners, including malaria endemic countries, their bilateral and multilateral development partners, the private sector, nongovernmental and community-based organizations, foundations, and research and academic institutions. For more info check the RBM website: www.endmalaria.org.

The RBM structure consists of its Secretariat and Partner Committees focused on the three priorities of

the Partnership: Advocacy & Resource Mobilization (ARMPC), Strategic Communications (SCPC) and

Country/Regional Support (CRSPC). Most notably, the purpose of the CRSPC is to provide a platform to engage the RBM Partnership community in coordinating support to countries and regions as they execute their malaria control and elimination implementation programs.

WHO report indicates that there were an estimated 229 million malaria cases in 2019 in 87 malaria endemic countries and 409 000 deaths. WHO’s South-East Asia region is on track to achieve a 40% reduction in malaria case incidence by 2020 – a global target set in 2016.

A large portion of the malaria burden is driven by difficult-to-reach communities and migrant populations living in border areas. Cross-border malaria is a recurrent issue due to unregulated migration, weak health delivery systems, and lack of coordination along the border districts in malaria elimination countries. Support to sustainable coordinated regional cross-border initiatives is needed to speed up reductions of malaria cases and deaths and accelerate malaria elimination in the countries and sub-regions.

Focusing on cross border malaria elimination is a pre-requisite and priority not only to achieve the 2030 WHO GTS target but also for sustaining it beyond 2030 in the SEA region.  The purpose of this grant is to provide support the cross-border coordination of the effort of malaria elimination in SEA countries and mitigate the impact of COVID-19

Objectives of the Grant:

The successful applicant will be involved in supporting the coordination efforts by countries in SEA and work closely with the RBM Partnership specifically CRSPC. 

The successful grantee will address the following objectives: 

  1. Provide support to the countries in SEA to coordinate malaria elimination activities in the cross-border areas and at sub-national level.

  2. Convene and coordinate partners to broker and mobilize support for SEA countries in malaria elimination.

  3. Support sub-regional resource mobilization efforts to sustain malaria elimination in SEA.

  4. Document the impact of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Malaria Elimination Programmes.