Adefisoye Adewole
African Field Epidemiology Network, Nigeria Country Office, Abuja, Nigeria
Olufemi Ajumobi
African Field Epidemiology Network, Nigeria Country Office, Abuja, Nigeria; School of Public Health, University of Nevada, Reno, Reno, Nevada
Ndadilnasiya Waziri
African Field Epidemiology Network, Nigeria Country Office, Abuja, Nigeria
Amina Umar
African Field Epidemiology Network, Nigeria Country Office, Abuja, Nigeria
Usaini Bala
African Field Epidemiology Network, Nigeria Country Office, Abuja, Nigeria
Saheed Gidado
African Field Epidemiology Network, Nigeria Country Office, Abuja, Nigeria
Patrick Nguku
African Field Epidemiology Network, Nigeria Country Office, Abuja, Nigeria
Perpetua Uhomoibhi
National Malaria Elimination Program, Federal Ministry of Health, Abuja, Nigeria
Basheer Muhammad
Kano State Ministry of Health, State Malaria Elimination Program, Kano, Nigeria
Munira Ismail
Zamfara State Ministry of Health, State Malaria Elimination Program, Gusau, Nigeria
Shelby Cash
Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
John Williamson
Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Stephen Patrick Kachur
Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention; Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University Medical Center, New York, New York, United States of America
Peter McElroy
Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Kwame Asamoa
Malaria Branch, Division of Parasitic Diseases and Malaria, Center for Global Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Abstract
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in collaboration with the National Malaria Elimination Program and the African Field Epidemiology Network established the Malaria Frontline Project to provide innovative approaches to improve the malaria program implementation in Kano and Zamfara States, Nigeria. Innovative approaches such as malaria bulletin, malaria monitoring wall chart, conduct of ward level data validation meetings and malaria dashboard have helped improve the use of data for decision making at all levels. Innovative approaches deployed during the project implementation facilitated data analysis and a better understanding of malaria program performance and data utilization for decision making at all levels. These innovative approaches may improve malaria control program performance in Nigeria and other resource limited countries.
