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Malaria Control Program

Real Lives, Real Change

Simple Measures, Big Results

May 12, 2014

A leader in the eradication and elimination of diseases, The Carter Center is fighting six preventable diseases - Guinea worm, river blindness, trachoma, schistosomiasis, lymphatic filariasis, and malaria - by using health education and simple, low-cost methods.

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Nigeria Launches Coordinated Plan to Eliminate Malaria and Lymphatic Filariasis

Feb. 20, 2014

Two horrific diseases in Nigeria - malaria and lymphatic filariasis (LF) - are being targeted for elimination through a new effort to combine prevention activities, which are detailed in a set of co-implementation guidelines issued on February 18, 2014, by the Federal Ministry of Health with support from The Carter Center.

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The Carter Center at 30: Leader in Disease Eradication and Elimination

April 9, 2012

The Carter Center has become a global leader in the eradication and elimination of diseases, focusing efforts to build health and hope in some of the poorest and most isolated places on earth.

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Maltra Success Measured in Millions

Oct. 27, 2011

From Nov. 5-11, 20,000 health workers and volunteers will walk the countryside of western Amhara region, Ethiopia. Their quest: treat every person at risk-approximately 10 million-for trachoma control and screen as needed for malaria. In this Q&A, Paul Emerson, director of the Center's Trachoma Control Program, explains the remarkable results of these "Maltra"-malaria and trachoma-weeks, a collaborate effort between the Lions Clubs International Foundation and The Carter Center.

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10 Million Bed Nets Help Worst-Affected Communities in Nigeria and Ethiopia Fight Malaria

May 23, 2011

A mother's lullabies and soft caress are common nighttime rituals for children around the world. But throughout Africa, these soothing efforts cannot spare a child the high fevers, wracking chills, nausea, and headache of malaria–a potentially fatal disease.

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Nigerian Family Fights Malaria With Carter Center Help

Feb. 14, 2011

The 2010 launch of a new Carter Center-supported initiative is helping the Azi family and millions of other Nigerians receive greater access to malaria control and prevention, building the opportunity for a healthier future for the entire nation.

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Meet Teshome Gebre: Lion of Disease Prevention in Ethiopia

April 16, 2010

Teshome Gebre, the Carter Center's country representative for health programs in Ethiopia, likes to joke that he has been in public health service for what seems like 100 years. Yet, it's impossible to ignore the great joy Teshome has received from a lifetime dedicated to fighting disease in his native Ethiopia.

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Millions Mobilize April 17-23 in Amhara Region For Trachoma Treatments, Malaria Health Education

April 16, 2010

Impoverished communities in Amhara Region, Ethiopia-the world's most trachoma-endemic area-are harnessing an innovative and far-reaching approach to treating and preventing this blinding bacterial infection.

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Carter Center Successfully Integrates Antibiotic Distribution, Health Education During Intensive Weeklong Efforts Against Blinding Trachoma, Malaria

April 16, 2010

With a population of approximately 17 million, the Amhara Region of Ethiopia is one of the most severely affected trachoma-endemic areas in the world. There are currently more than 15 million people at risk of infection and approximately 470,000 people visually impaired as a result of trichiasis, the blinding form of the disease. In addition, the region is susceptible to seasonal malaria epidemics, putting the majority of the population at risk for the potentially fatal disease.

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Battling Mosquitoes and Malaria in La Bomba, Dominican Republic

Jan. 11, 2010

It's a Sunday afternoon in La Bomba barrio, a subdistrict of Dajabón, Dominican Republic, and the entire community can be found outside their clapboard and cement block homes to beat the stifling heat.

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Tracking Fevers and Teaching Prevention: A Haitian Health Agent's Story

Jan. 11, 2010

A crowd of children follow Jonel Mompremier, 27, as he travels from house to house in Ouanaminthe, Haiti. They giggle as the health worker asks the same question at every doorstep, "Does anyone at home have any fevers"?.

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Empowering Elimination of Malaria and Lymphatic Filariasis from Hispaniola: Snapshots from the Field

Jan. 11, 2010

In September 2008, The Carter Center and a binational effort between the Dominican Republic and Haiti launched a historic one-year initiative to help the countries and their other partners accelerate the elimination of two devastating mosquito-borne infections-malaria and lymphatic filariasis.

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Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and Carter Center Delegation Tour Hispaniola to Support Elimination of Malaria and Lymphatic Filariasis from Caribbean

Oct. 8, 2009

Efforts to eliminate malaria and lymphatic filariasis from the Caribbean island of Hispaniola were underscored Oct. 7-8 during a visit by former U.S. President Jimmy Carter and a Carter Center delegation.

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Microscope a Powerful Tool in Malaria Fight

Oct. 1, 2009

Microscopist Marino Castillo pricks the finger of five-year-old girl Silvana Mayor and draws blood onto a glass slide. The girl's shirt is bright yellow, but her face is weary. Her mother says the girl has had a fever for several days, and the mother is worried that she has malaria.

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Carter Center Successfully Distributes Nine Million Doses of Antibiotics During Ethiopia MALTRA Weeks

June 17, 2009

With a population of approximately 17 million, the Amhara Region of Ethiopia is one of the most severely affected trachoma-endemic areas in the world. There are currently more than 15 million people at risk of infection and approximately 470,000 people visually impaired as a result of trichiasis, the blinding form of the disease. In addition, the region is susceptible to seasonal malaria epidemics, putting the majority of the population at risk for the potentially fatal disease.

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The Carter Center Malaria Program Celebrates Successes in Ethiopia

March 6, 2008

After launching its malaria program in 2006, The Carter Center moved quickly to supply a shortfall of 3 million LLINs, requested by the Ethiopian Ministry of Health to help reach Ethiopia's goal of 20 million LLINs to cover all households in malarious areas by mid-2007.

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Bed Nets Offer Blanket of Protection

Feb. 4, 2008

On a clear May morning, farmer Sahlu Wolde woke as usual at 5 a.m., but instead of heading to his fields, grabbed his walking stick and began a four-hour hike to the health clinic nearest to his lowland farm in northern Ethiopia.

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Battling Malaria in Ethiopia

July 14, 2007

Each year, malaria kills more than 1 million people, mostly children, with 350-500 million cases reported worldwide. Approximately 90 percent of all cases of malaria - a preventable disease - are in Africa, where one child in 10 dies before the age of five. The Carter Center is assisting Ethiopia's Ministry of Health in its goal to protect all 50 million Ethiopians at-risk for malaria through free distribution of long-lasting insecticidal bed nets to cover the entire at-risk population by July 2007.

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New Malaria Program Blankets Areas of Ethiopia with Bed Nets

June 12, 2007

Ethiopian farmer Mamo Tesfaye is no stranger to disease. Four years ago, he could only sit idly outside his home as the growing season came and went. Afflicted with river blindness, he could not see well enough to work his land or provide for his children.

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