Beyond the rapid test, each screening includes education, explanation, and practical advice. This moment of dialogue often becomes the first real medical consultation families have ever received, turning a diagnosis into immediate protection.
Malaria continues to pose a daily threat in this area. Through Kawan Against Malaria, we monitor cases, test all fevers, protect homes, and educate families. The use of bed nets, spraying, and prompt treatment turns statistical data into lives that endure quietly, rather than ending prematurely.
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KAWAN AGAINST MALARIA - HOW IS FAIR FUTURE FIGHTING MALARIA IN EAST SUMBA?
The Kawan Against Malaria program (formerly Zero Malaria) works to drastically reduce malaria cases in ultra rural areas. With local health authorities and Kawan Sehat agents, we diagnose and treat patients, distribute long lasting bed nets, spray houses, monitor data, and teach families how to protect themselves. This prevents severe anemia, dangerous fevers, and deaths especially among children and pregnant women.
The Kawan Against Malaria category documents integrated efforts to reduce malaria transmission in ultra-rural settings where the disease remains a major public health threat. Articles describe community-based prevention, including use of long-lasting insecticidal nets, environmental risk reduction, early diagnosis, and timely treatment. Interventions follow WHO malaria control strategies, combining prevention, surveillance, and access to care. This category highlights how coordinated field actions, local training, and continuous monitoring reduce malaria incidence, protect vulnerable populations, and strengthen community-level disease control.
Malaria prevention billboards protect families in East Sumba
With the East Sumba Malaria Prevention Project and the support of Rotary and Malaria Partners International, Fair Future Foundation and Kawan Baik Indonesia built twenty malaria billboards for markets, schools and roadsides so that every journey becomes a health lesson about fever and protection.
East Sumba malaria prevention 2025 | Field results summary
This article reports field dates, methods and impact from East Sumba malaria prevention. Teams worked with Puskesmas, schools and village leaders to align education, IRS, LLINs and diagnostics. Data and costs are fully documented so partners and health services can improve coverage, reduce transmission and replicate what works.
Malaria mosquito nets distributed in East Sumba villages
We distributed 450 malaria mosquito nets across East Sumba villages. Each family received a net, printed guidance, and a sewing kit for repairs. By combining distribution with education, families learned why correct use matters for preventing deadly malaria infections.
Malaria education sessions in Umalulu East Sumba
In four villages of East Sumba, Fair Future led days of malaria education and screening. Communities learned, played, asked questions, and discovered how to protect their families. Hundreds were tested, treated, and equipped with mosquito nets. Together, knowledge saves lives.
Malaria education billboards installed in East Sumba
As part of the East Sumba Malaria Prevention Project 2025, Fair Future and partners installed 20 large billboards across rural communities. These visuals teach families how to recognize malaria symptoms and protect themselves. A vital step to reduce infections in one of Indonesia’s hardest-hit regions.
Malaria rapid tests reveal cases in Umalulu
During our fieldwork in Umalulu for the East Sumba Malaria Prevention Project, rapid diagnostic tests confirmed new positive malaria cases—children, women, and adolescents—despite being outside peak season. Without testing, cases remain invisible. Testing saves lives.
Malaria prevention project East Sumba progresses in 2025
Three weeks into the malaria prevention project, East Sumba has seen real progress. The IRS campaign is complete, 20 prevention billboards are in place, and the education phase now begins. This malaria prevention project strengthens awareness, treatment, and long-term protection.
Malaria lab training strengthens diagnostics in East Sumba
Malaria lab training in East Sumba brought together 28 analysts from all health centres and the RSUD hospital. Under WHO-certified mentors, they refined slide reading and microscopy skills, strengthening diagnostic accuracy and treatment speed in rural Indonesia.
Indoor Residual Spraying malaria – Fair Future Foundation
The Kawan Against Malaria program delivers Indoor Residual Spraying malaria operations in East Sumba. Trained teams spray bamboo and wooden homes, surface by surface, to kill mosquitoes and reduce transmission. Each treated house becomes a safer place for children and families.
East Sumba Malaria Prevention 2025
Fair Future and Kawan Baik Indonesia lead a three-month malaria prevention project in East Sumba. The initiative combines lab training, awareness campaigns, indoor spraying, and the distribution of insecticide-treated nets to protect thousands of vulnerable families.
Umalulu malaria baseline turns data into action
From March to July 2025, local cadres and Puskesmas staff conducted a door to door survey in Umalulu. Across 269 households and 460 interviews, the study mapped vector control, WASH, access and behaviours. The findings deliver a practical roadmap to reduce malaria in East Sumba.









