Malaria Educational Materials for Health Workers (French)

C-Change/DRC developed and produced a message guide, counselling cards, and a job aid for health workers involved in malaria prevention and control in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). The message guide provides information and guidance for community leaders and health workers on appropriate responses to key questions asked by the community on malaria prevention and treatment and can be used by community leaders, health workers, media professionals, and teachers. It was created with the staff of National Malaria Control Program (NMCP) and developed between October 2010 and July 2011. Training on the guide began in February 2012.

The message guide questions were collected from journalists and through phone-in radio and television programs. The set of eight counseling cards were developed to assist health workers in their delivery of malaria prevention and treatment counseling.

The cards provide information and also prompts for a question and answer session, so that the health worker can be sure that the key messages have indeed been digested and understood by the family. These cards were created in collaboration with the Communication Division of the NMCP and PROSANI (Le Projet de Santé Intégré).

Also created with the NMCP, the job aid was created to improve communication between health workers and their patients on adherence to malaria treatment when they prescribe artesunate-amodiaquine treatment (AS&AQ). The pamphlet uses the acronym "THANK YOU" or rather "MERCI" in French, to help remind the health worker of five essential messages. These messages are to: provide the malaria medication, inform the patient about the efficacy of the drug, remind the patient to come in for a follow-up visit, remind them to take the entire dose, and inform the patient of any potential side effects.