Malaria control is considered a prerequisite for development in Benin, given its high incidence and negative impact on human and economic development.

The Benin Malaria Control Booster Project, a US$31 million IDA grant, will permit countrywide scaling up of the GoB’s Roll Back Malaria Strategy with 1) long lasting insecticide treated bed nets, 2) prompt treatment with artemisinin-based combination therapies and 3) development of recurrent information systems for program management.

With parallel investments in the health system and in other sectors through a Poverty Reduction Support Credit, the scale-up strategy provides a malaria-specific “boost” to bring down disease transmission.

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The project aims to distribute about 1.7 million LLINs and treat about 3.7 million people-approximately 2.5 million children under age 5-with ACTs over the four-year life of the project. By the end of 2007, 1.4 million LLINs will be delivered to children under age 5, and a national malaria monitoring and evaluation framework and operational plan will have been developed and endorsed by the Ministry of Health. By the end of 2010, 300,000 pregnancies will have been made safer through improved antenatal care that includes distribution of LLINs to pregnant women and intermittent preventive treatment for malaria.