Objective

To evaluate the progress of the implementation of the project, discuss data analysis plans and future activities.

Background

For many of the INDEPTH member sites, malaria has long been an area of focus. These sites possess significant experience in malaria research and interventions and are collecting a tremendous amount of population-based data in support of various anti-malaria initiatives. The existing foundation of malaria data and expertise combined with the high-level external interest in funding anti-malaria initiatives of proven effectiveness create strong ongoing potential for multi-country malaria studies conducted by INDEPTH.

INDEPTH launched the Malaria Transmission Intensity and Mortality Burden Across Africa (MTIMBA) initiative to generate reliable information that will guide malaria control policies in Africa. The objectives of the continental platform are to: 1) generate new understanding of the relationship between malaria transmission intensity, mortality and the effect of malaria control; 2) collaborate with the Roll Back Malaria Initiative at the regional, national and global levels for monitoring and evaluation; and 3) further develop and strengthen Africa expertise in the field of malaria control, planning and evaluation.

The MTIMBA project has been able to produce estimates of all-cause and malaria-attributable mortality by age across Africa, documented trends in malaria in INDEPTH sites, and is establishing malaria expertise and strengthened methodology in a continental demographic surveillance platform. The work of MTIMBA and INDEPTH’s broad-based work on causes of death are leading to another volume in the INDEPTH monograph series.

Current participating sites are: Butajira, Ethiopia; Navrongo, Ghana; Kisumu, Kenya; Manhica, Mozambique; Agincourt, South Africa; Niakhar, Senegal; Ifakara, Tanzania; and Rufiji, Tanzania.

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