April 2010

Community Participation for Malaria Elimination

Communities play an essential role in any successful disease control or elimination program. As is the case with all elimination strategies, community participation efforts must be tailored to local contexts. There is no “one-size-fits-all” strategy; each setting needs to be evaluated based on many factors including geographic location, political context, socio-economic conditions and resource availability, to name a few.

Appendix A: Examples of Community Participation for Disease Elimination
Appendix B: Multi-level influences on Community Participation
Appendix C: Potential Local-Level Stakeholders to Engage for Community Mobilization

A community-directed strategy for sustainable malaria elimination on islands