Tools Developed for the Malaria Prevention Campaign in Ethiopia

These tools, designed for the Malaria Prevention Campaign in Ethiopia and launched in the Oromia Region by the C-Change Program, recognise the role communities can play in taking specific actions. The focus of the campaign is around small, "doable actions" that families carry out to protect themselves against malaria. The community volunteers, under direction from the Community Mobilisation Committee (CMC), energise and support their communities, families, and schools to take the actions necessary to prevent malaria. Materials and tools developed by C-Change for the campaign are the following: 1) Malaria Protection Scorecard - available online and in PDF format - guides a family step-by-step towards earning a Malaria Protection Sticker. The family member and a CMC volunteer check a box on the scorecard as each "doable action" is carried out. Actions include using bednets, taking those with a fever to the health clinic, cooperating with a visiting spray team, and taking preventative medicines. When families complete the set of actions, they earn a Malaria Protection Sticker that they display on their door (available in Oromiffa and English).

2) Essential Malaria Actions Flipchart - available online and in JPG format - tells the story of a community volunteer named Nahili who makes house visits to provide information to families about malaria. The small, doable actions are woven into the storyline with illustrations. Instructions for use are included (available in English).

3) Malaria Prevention Sticker - available online and in GIF format - is earned by families who have carried out the four small, doable actions listed in the Malaria Protection Scorecard. The sticker reads "I protect my family from malaria" (available in Oromiffa).

4) Malaria T-Shirt - images available online and in JPG format - has the logo of the campaign on both the front and back of the shirt. 5) "Protecting Our Families Against Malaria: How to Become a Champion Community" Campaign Guide - available in Oromifa and English in PDF format - is written with and for community leaders, health extension workers (HEWs), and health workers in order to help them become a "Champion Community". The guide focuses on mobilising families to take action against malaria.

6) "Protecting Our Families Against Malaria: How to Become a Champion Community" Training-of-Trainers Facilitators Guide - available in English in PDF format - is written with an aim to develop the skills of participants, so they can train Community Mobilisation Committee (CMC) volunteers on how to assist their neighbourhoods to become "Champion Communities". Many of these materials are also available in a higher quality PDF format by contacting cchange@aed.org