Safeguarding

Malaria Consortium is committed to the principle of Protection from Sexual Exploitation, Abuse and Harassment (PSEAH) and the safeguarding of children and vulnerable adults. As well as ensuring our Safeguarding Principles are lived by our staff and embedded within our organisational culture, we also seek ways in which we can develop safeguarding capacity amongst the partners we work alongside. In 2024, in Chad, Togo and Burkina Faso, Malaria Consortium has provided technical guidance to Ministry of Health partners to cascade safeguarding and PSEAH training to all their staff working in partnership with Malaria Consortium on SMC activities.

2023 Mozambique more than

22,000

community distributors and Ministry of Health staff trained

In 2024 in Ethiopia, we are developing the safeguarding and PSEAH capacity of local organisations, such as the Health, Development and Anti Malaria Association (HDAMA), with the goal of co-developing and strengthening their ‘safe programming’ practices.

In Uganda and in Nigeria, we have developed in-depth training tailored to research activities in the project ‘Be in a Net’, additionally providing leaflets to the communities to sensitise them on accessible reporting mechanisms. In 2024, Thailand is piloting new training for the Malaria Vector Surveillance Course in Indonesia, available to epidemiologists and other similar experts across ASEAN countries.