The Nine Steps District Malaria Advocacy Model: A Guide to Promoting District Level Malaria Advocacy

This 44-page guide, published by Voices for a Malaria Free Future, outlines the steps needed to engage district leadership in planning, delivering, monitoring, and evaluating their malaria advocacy activities. According to the guide, improving participation of leadership of all kinds at the district level is key to effective planning and implementation of malaria control programmes, as well as generating the needed support and resources for implementation of such programmes. The Nine Step District Malaria Model is designed to outline a systemic process for achieving district engagement.

The guide includes of the following steps:

• Step One: General leadership consultation
• Step Two: Start-up forum
• Step Three: DMAT formation
• Step Four: Advocacy skills training
• Step Five: Malaria advocacy needs assessment
• Step Six: Action plan development
• Step Seven: Special district assembly meeting
• Step Eight: Advocacy programs implementation
• Step Nine: Monitoring and evaluation