AMF has signed an agreement with the DRC Ministry of Health to fund 16.2 million nets for distribution from June 2020 to March 2021. This represents 67% of DRC’s long-lasting insecticide treated net (LLIN) need for the 2020/21 portion of their three-year rolling universal coverage campaign.
DRC is one of the two most malarious countries in the world with malaria responsible for the deaths of at least 100 children under 5 each day in DRC alone. Malaria is one of the primary health issues in DRC, with high incidence levels seen across the majority of the country.
The nets will be distributed in seven of DRC's 26 provinces, specifically:
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Kinshasa: 4.1m nets to protect 7.4m people, distribution during Q2/Q3 2020
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Kongo Central: 2.6m nets to protect 4.7m people, distribution during Q2/Q3 2020
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Tshopo: 2.2m nets to protect 4m people, distribution during Q3/Q4 2020
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Haut Uele: 1.2m nets to protect 2.2m people, distribution during Q3/Q4 2020
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Ituri: 3.6m nets to protect 6.5m people, distribution during Q3/Q4 2020
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Maniema: 1.7m nets to protect 3m people, distribution in Q1 2021
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Bas Uele: 0.8m nets to protect 1.4m people, distribution in Q1 2021
In total, 29 million people will be protected from the bites of malaria-carrying mosquitoes.
These nets have the potential to play a major part in reducing deaths and illness. This quantity of nets could be expected to prevent 10,500 deaths, 5 million cases of malaria and make a material impact on the economy of DRC. It is estimated that the improvement in GDP (Gross Domestic Product), a measure of economic performance, would be about USD 385 million.
AMF allocates individual donations to specific distributions and so far we have allocated 50,310 individual donations from 12,990 donors from 105 countries. These figures will increase as further donations are allocated. Many donations, large and small, help fund these nets.
We will report openly on progress and performance throughout and after the distribution.
Key elements of our agreement include:
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AMF is funding 16,200,000 LLINs for distribution in 2020/21
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This is a co-funding partnership with non-net costs (shipping, pre-distribution, distribution) funded by the Global Fund
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To support accurate data gathering, re-checks 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 on paper or using electronic-devices and then entered 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 via the dedicated distribution page
Other DRC distributions
2019 Equateur and Sud Ubangi
2019 Tanganyika, Haut Katanga and Haut Lomami