The Blantyre Integrated Malaria Initiative: a Model for Effective Malaria Control
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The Blantyre Integrated Malaria Initiative (BIMI) is a district-wide malaria-control effort, supported jointly by the Government of Malawi and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID). BIMI was established in Blantyre District, Malawi in 1998 to promote sustainable and effective strategies to manage and prevent malaria-related morbidity and mortality. The goal of BIMI is to reduce malaria-related deaths among children under five-years of age by 30% by meeting the four main objectives listed in table 1. The key BIMI interventions and their expected beneficial outcomes are described in table 2. [Table: see text] [Table: see text].
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