📋 Tender Overview
Despite significant progress, Tanzania is still a major malaria-burdened country. It aspires to further accelerate progress towards malaria elimination through innovative strategies and investments in research, vaccine development, and multi-country collaborations. Switzerland supports capacity building, evidence creation, systems to strengthen vector control, case management, surveillance, monitoring and evaluation, multi-sectoral collaboration and cross-border initiatives upon request by the Government.
Country/region Topic Period Budget
Tanzania
Health
Governance
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Malaria
Health systems strengthening
Public sector policy
01.05.2025 - 30.04.2030
CHF 5’900’000
The project in brief
Background Over the past two decades, Tanzania has strengthened its public health infrastructure and community initiatives like distributing insecticidetreated bednets, thus reducing malaria transmission. From 2015 to 2020, under-five malaria prevalence fell from 14% to 8.1%, under-five mortality from 67 to 43 per 1,000 live births, annual in-patient facility cases from 7.7 to 5.9 million, and malaria incidence from 162 to 106 per 1,000 people. Despite progress, challenges like drug and insecticide resistance as well as climate-driven outbreaks persist, requiring further innovations, better resource mobilization, and sustained political commitment. TEMT supports the National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) and the Zanzibar Malaria Elimination Program (ZAMEP) with targeted technical assistance for strategic malaria interventions under the respective Ministries of Health.
Objectives To contribute to the reduction of malaria morbidity and mortality in Tanzania Mainland and malaria elimination in Zanzibar in line with the respective strategic plans.
Target groups For disease burden: Tanzania’s population of ~70 million For systems and skills: Ministries of Health - Mainland and Zanzibar (specifically, NMCP and ZAMEP); President’s Office Regional Administration and Local Government (PO-RALG); Zanzibar!President’s Office – Regional Administration and Special Departments (PO-RASD).
Medium-term outcomes Outcome 1: Strengthened evidencebased strategies and innovative surveillance-response efforts for malaria control and elimination Outcome 2: Enhanced Multi-sectoral engagement and coordination for sustainable malaria control and elimination.
Results Expected results:
233 additional shehias1 (n=388, from 58 to 291) achieving zero local malaria transmission in Zanzibar
20 additional councils (n=184, from 70 to 90) achieving low malaria transmission risk status in Tanzania mainland
At least 8 non-health sectors (n=27) implementing and documenting-malaria smart activities in 15 high burden mainland councils (n=57)
At least 10 regional and global scientific publications on the Tanzanian malaria experience
Results from previous phases:
National level: Introduced targeted planning based on microstratification, structured engagement of secto
