IFRC Malaria toolkit and other publications

Malaria prevention in the community - Training guide for Red Cross Red Crescent supervisors and volunteers

Most of the activities in the Training guide cover technical information on malaria as well as important skills that will help supervisors and volunteers work at community level on malaria issues.

The trainer or health coordinator needs to carry out NMCP staff interviews before the training of supervisors and volunteers so that appropriate adaptations can be made.

Module 1 – Training for supervisors aims to provide an introduction to the supervisor training and to assess understanding of the principles of adult education, effective public speaking techniques and malaria technical information.

Module 2 - Training guide for supervisors and volunteers

By the end of the training, volunteers will be able to:

1. provide accurate information on how malaria is spread, how it can be prevented, and how it is treated
2. demonstrate the ability to communicate effectively with households about malaria and its prevention and treatment
3. demonstrate the ability to explain and encourage the hanging and use of LLINs
4. monitor malaria prevention activities in their communities

LLIN scale-up and hang-up program

This guide outlines strategies for the distribution of LLINs. Some of the common challenges of organizing distribution programmes are covered, including the fact that recipients fail to hang up the nets properly. Where relevant, tools and specific examples of programming from different National Societies have been included for each of the steps. There is also information on the problems commonly encountered at each step.

Step 1 provides guidance for the initial preparatory planning stage including coordination with the ministry of health and other partners and the preparation of the National Society’s own plan of action.

Step 2 provides guidance for LLIN distribution programmes at district level. Key points are suggested for the implementation of activities. Suggestions are also given for the type of information which needs to be gathered for planning to take place. The potential role of a volunteer in the distribution and hang-up activities is outlined. The importance of planning for managing volunteers, social mobilization, supervision, and programme monitoring and evaluation is also covered.

Step 3 provides guidance on the logistics for the distribution of LLINs including the storage, transportation and distribution of LLINs in country.

Step 4 contains detailed budgets and financial reporting for each of the programme steps.

Step 5 takes the reader through the process of preparation for training supervisors and volunteers, and includes specific suggestions of tasks for volunteers before, during and after the distribution.

Step 6 discusses behaviour change communication, social mobilization and advocacy, each concept being clearly defined. Detailed guidance is given on developing a social mobilization plan and implementing the activities.

Step 7 is a short section on the importance of child protection with key messages on how to prevent harm to children during the implementation of Red Cross Red Crescent malaria activities.

Step 8 provides detailed guidance on how to plan for hang-up activities and the key messages that need to be used. The correct hanging and usage of LLINs is critical to ensuring prevention of malaria.

Step 9 Monitoring

Step 10 Evaluation

Supervision of community-based volunteers - Training guide

The Training Guide prepares Red Cross Red Crescent supervisors at the community level to undertake effective supervision of the volunteers who carry out the important work of the Red Cross and Red Crescent worldwide.

The guide contains eight modules for a two-day workshop, each designed to introduce the supervisor to concepts associated with quality and effective supervision. It is intended to give participants methods to guide, supervise and monitor the quality of volunteers’ work at household and community level. It should help to develop volunteers’ practical skills as well as improve the overall quality of the programme.

Behaviour change communication for community-based volunteers
- Trainer’s manual
- Volunteer toolkit

These manuals provide all the instructions and technical materials needed to conduct a three day training course for trainers (ToT) and a two day training course for community-based volunteers on BCC. The Trainer’s manual has a companion publication, the Volunteer toolkit, which contains key messages, short guides and other tools that will be handed out to training participants and used by volunteers to help them conduct BCC activities in their own community.