Tailoring Malaria Control Interventions to Local Context through Codesign

Researchers at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine have developed a codesign approach to design country-specific models of perennial malaria chemoprevention (PMC) in four African countries. This collaborative process involved stakeholders from national and subnational malaria, immunization, and child health programs, as well as international development partners and research institutions. The codesign approach resulted in four different PMC strategies, each tailored to a specific country's context and health system delivery platforms.

Key Takeaways:

• The Plus Project's codesign approach involved iterative and collaborative workshops with stakeholders from various sectors to design country-specific PMC models.
• The workshops were adapted to each country's context and included participatory methods such as journey mapping and surveys.
• The codesign process resulted in four different PMC strategies, each with a range of contact points and codelivery interventions.
• The collaborative approach helped gather additional programmatic insights to aid PMC implementation and increase stakeholder buy-in.
• The learnings from this process can be applied to various programmatic applications beyond malaria control.
• The research highlighted the importance of collaborative decision-making in tailoring interventions to local context.

Statistics:

• Four African countries (Benin, Cameroon, Côte d'Ivoire, and Mozambique) participated in the codesign workshops.
• The workshops involved stakeholders from 14 different sectors, including national and subnational malaria, immunization, and child health programs.
• Four different PMC strategies were developed, each with a range of contact points (4-8) and codelivery interventions.
• The codesign process took place over three-and-a-half days in each country.
• The research was funded by Unitaid.

Sources:

• NewsRx. Research from London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine in the Area of Malaria Described [Tailoring malaria control interventions to suit local context: codesign of perennial malaria chemoprevention (PMC) programmes through the Plus Project]. Malaria Weekly. October 20, 2025; p 54.
• Tailoring malaria control interventions to suit local context: codesign of perennial malaria chemoprevention (PMC) programmes through the Plus Project. BMJ Global Health, 2025,10(10). (BMJ Global Health - http://gh.bmj.com/).