Caveat: The net distribution described below has been planned and agreed on the basis that country accesses shipping and distribution costs previously committed to by USAID’s President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI). The recent changes at USAID and PMI have created doubts about how exactly these distributions will proceed - if, in what form and when. We are working with all valued and important partners, particularly PMI, to resolve the uncertainty and do all we can to have nets arrive where they are needed.
AMF has agreed to fund 4.7 million nets for distribution in Zambia in 2026.
We are pleased to share publicly news of this funding commitment which was approved by AMF at the end of last year. Signatures will be put in place when final clarity is achieved on shipping and distribution costs.
The nets should achieve full coverage of sleeping spaces across four provinces to protect 8.5 million people when they sleep at night from the bites of malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
The four provinces that are planned to receive nets are: Luapula (1.3 million nets), Northern (1.3m), North-Western (1.0m), and Western (1.1m).
Zambia is affected year-round by malaria and these nets have the potential to play a major part in reducing deaths and illness.
These nets can be expected to prevent around 2,500 deaths, avert more than 2 million cases of malaria and make a material impact on the economy of Zambia. It is estimated that the improvement in GDP (Gross Domestic Product), a measure of economic performance, as a result of AMF’s commitment would be about USD100 million.
Half of these prevented deaths and cases of illness can be ascribed to the funds AMF is allocating, as an equivalent level of funding is being contributed by PMI to cover non-net costs.
We are about to allocate individual donations to these specific distributions and many donations, large and small, will fund these nets.
The distributions will be implemented by the NMEP (National Malaria Elimination Programme), with whom AMF will work closely and with whom we have an agreed set of processes and a strong and open working relationship. We will report transparently on progress and performance throughout and after the distribution.
Key elements of our agreement include:
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AMF is funding 4,675,350 LLINs, with distribution in 2026
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This is a co-funding partnership with non-net costs (shipping, pre-distribution, distribution) funded by PMI
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To support accurate data gathering, verification of net need numbers will take place by re-visiting a material number of households chosen at random
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Household-level data will be collected using electronic-devices and then transferred into AMF's Data Entry System (DES) for analysis and verification. This, and the above elements combined, are the basis for a highly accountable distribution.
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Post-distribution monitoring of net use and condition (PDMs) will take place every nine months for two and a half years in all districts. AMF will fund this.
Further information is available via AMF’s distributions listing (lands on a page that filters for Zambia distributions only)