Table 1.
Stakeholder roles in the national insecticide treated net strategy in Tanzania
Programme component | Funder(s) | Stakeholder(s) | Role(s) |
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Insecticide treated net steering committee | Multi-stakeholder; chaired by the Tanzania Ministry of Health and Social Welfare | Oversight of the national insecticide treated net strategy | |
Insecticide treated net coordination unit | Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation | National Malaria Control Programme with technical support from the Swiss Tropical Institute | Coordination of all elements of the national insecticide treated net strategy |
Strategic social marketing for expanding the commercial market for insecticide treated nets in Tanzania (SMARTNET) |
UK Department for International Development | Population Services International (non-governmental organisation) | Generic promotion of nets and insecticide re-treatment |
Royal Netherlands Embassy | Working with manufacturers to promote and distribute nets | ||
Provision of subsidised insecticide for packaging with nets | |||
Hati Punguzo | Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria |
Mennonite Economic Development Associates (non-governmental organisation) | Procurement, distribution, and redemption of vouchers |
World Vision | Training and promotion | ||
CARE | |||
United States President’s Malaria Initiative | District health management teams Health facility staff |
Distribution of vouchers to clinics and to pregnant women | |
Retail shops | Redemption of vouchers from women | ||
Net manufacturers | Production and distribution of nets |