Plus Project

The Plus Project is a Unitaid-funded project to co-design, pilot, and evaluate country-adapted models of Perennial Malaria Chemoprevention (PMC) the recent WHO recommendation which includes what was previously called Intermittent Preventive Treatment in infants (IPTi) using sulfadoxine-pyrimethamine (SP) in four focus countries: Benin, Cameroon, Cote dIvoire, and Mozambique. Underpinning these PMC pilots are training, routine monitoring, supervision, and community engagement activities integrated into existing country systems. Awarded in 2021 at 35 million USD over 4.25 years, the project is led by Population Services International (PSI). In partnership with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), the project is also conducting a robust package of evaluations to generate evidence aimed at accelerating the adoption and scale-up of PMC in the project countries and other malaria-endemic countries of sub-Saharan Africa. The Plus Project will share learnings from ...