Prioritized List of Malaria Operational Research and Program Evaluations Topics

This report presents the key findings from a research prioritization process undertaken by the PMI Insights Project, in collaboration with the Université Cheikh Anta Diop in Senegal, to develop a country-driven list of priority malaria operational research (OR) and program evaluation (PE) topics for the sub-Saharan Africa region. Bringing forward the perspectives of malaria experts from 26 countries in sub-Saharan Africa, the consultative process resulted in a prioritized list of 33 OR and PE topics spanning the areas of prevention, chemoprevention, case management, surveillance, monitoring and evaluation, and other crosscutting themes. The topics reflect critical evidence gaps that are impeding many national malaria programs’ achievement of high coverage of malaria interventions and the effective deployment of new tools.

This resource is intended to maximize the relevance and impact of OR and PE investments by galvanizing a coordinated effort among funding agencies, national malaria programs, and technical partners to fill critical knowledge gaps identified by malaria-endemic country stakeholders.