Malaria Elimination Must Reach Everyone: Human Rights, Gender and Equity as Delivery Issues
GCNM is expanding its malaria programme framework to identify who is being missed, why services are harder to reach and how community evidence can support more equitable delivery.
20 September 2026 · GCNM National SecretariatA malaria programme can report strong overall coverage while some communities or population groups continue to face avoidable barriers to prevention, testing, treatment and follow-up. GCNM is therefore integrating human rights, gender and health equity into its community systems approach.
The practical focus is on non-discrimination, meaningful participation, accessible information, dignity, privacy, quality of care and accountability. Community-Led Monitoring can help identify recurrent barriers such as distance, inaccessible communication, stock-outs, household decision-making constraints, poor referral, stigma or weak feedback systems.
The approach also recognises that women, men, children, pregnant women, persons with disabilities, mobile populations and people in hard-to-reach settings may face different patterns of exposure and access. GCNM will encourage disaggregated analysis and community co-design so that interventions can be adapted to the people most likely to be missed.
Read the full GCNM human rights, gender and equity framework.