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ArticleBMC public health2022

Effective management of district-level malaria control and elimination: implementing quality and participative process improvements.

Bruce Agins, Peter Case, Daniel Chandramohan, Ingrid Chen, Rudo Chikodzore, Precious Chitapi, Amanda Chung, Roly Gosling, Jonathan Gosling, Matsiliso Gumbi and 8 more

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5 · Who and what money

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18 authors.

Bruce AginsHEALTHQUAL, Institute of Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
Peter CaseBristol Business School, University of West of England, Frenchay Campus, Coldharbour Lane, Bristol, BS16 1QY, UK.
Daniel ChandramohanDepartment of Disease Control, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, Keppel Street, London, WC1E 7HT, UK.
Ingrid ChenDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
Rudo ChikodzoreMinistry of Health and Child Care Matabeleland South Province, New Government Complex, Third Ave, Gwanda, Zimbabwe.
Precious ChitapiPrecious Innovations, 11 Dougal Rd, The Grange, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Amanda ChungMalaria Elimination Initiative, University of California San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
Roly GoslingDepartment of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA. Roly.Gosling@ucsf.edu.ORCID 0000-0001-6291-0024
Jonathan GoslingUniversity of Exeter Business School, Rennes Dr, Exeter, EX4 4PU, UK.
Matsiliso GumbiDitsong Museums of South Africa, 70 WF Nkomo St, Pretoria, South Africa.
Daniel IkedaHEALTHQUAL, Institute of Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
Munashe MadingaClinton Health Access Initiative, Mount Pleasant, Harare, Zimbabwe.
Peliwe MnguniGaduate School of Business Leadership, University of South Africa, Preller St, Muckleneuk, Pretoria, South Africa.
Joseph MurunguHEALTHQUAL, Institute of Global Health Sciences, University of California San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
Cara Smith GueyeMalaria Elimination Initiative, University of California San Francisco, 550 16th Street, San Francisco, CA, 94158, USA.
Jim TullochIndependent Consultant, GPO Box 1566, Adelaide, 5001, South Australia.
Greyling ViljoenIndependent Consultant, 342 Albert Street, Waterkloof, Pretoria, South Africa.
Leadership and Engagement for improved Accountability and Delivery of Services Framework Development Group

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although it is widely recognized that strong program management is essential to achieving better health outcomes, this priority is not recognized in malaria programmatic practices. Increased management precision offers the opportunity to improve the effectiveness of malaria interventions, overcoming operational barriers to intervention coverage and accelerating the path to elimination. Here we propose a combined approach involving quality improvement, quality management, and participative process improvement, which we refer to as Combined Quality and Process Improvement (CQPI), to improve upon malaria program management. We draw on evidence from other areas of public health, as well as pilot implementation studies in Eswatini, Namibia and Zimbabwe to support the proposal. Summaries of the methodological approaches employed in the pilot studies, overview of activities and an outline of lessons learned from the implementation of CQPI are provided. Our findings suggest that a malaria management strategy that prioritizes quality and participative process improvements at the district-level can strengthen teamwork and communication while enabling the empowerment of subnational staff to solve service delivery challenges. Despite the promise of CQPI, however, policy makers and donors are not aware of its potential. Investments are therefore needed to allow CQPI to come to fruition.

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MalariaAdministrative PersonnelHumansPilot ProjectsQuality ImprovementZimbabwe

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PMID35057789
PMCPMC8772105

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