Botswana - Malaria Policy 2011

The purpose of the national malaria policy is to provide the Ministry of Health, communities, and stakeholders with a single policy framework for malaria elimination in Botswana and strategic orientation for its implementation.

This national malaria policy seeks to bring together policy statements that appear in guidelines and strategic documents, and is in line with the National Health Policy. There has been lack of comprehensive malaria policy document, though there had been policy statements that were incorporated in various malaria guidelines and strategic documents. The development of this policy has also provided the opportunity to revise policies in line with new targets and recommendations from the global Roll Back Malaria Network regarding the implementation of malaria control and elimination interventions.

In addition, it will become increasingly necessary to target interventions based on "hot spots" of transmission as the country moves towards elimination. A National Malaria Policy will therefore guide strategy and the effective use of resources for efforts to control and ultimately eliminate malaria in Botswana.