Malaria remains a major burden in many tropical countries. While the World Health Organization currently advises to target interventions based exclusively on malaria risk, a customized approach is needed to account for local circumstances.  Intervention success encompasses not only epidemiological aspects but is also dependent on socio-economic and cultural factors, policies or the conditions of the local health system (‘stratification dimensions’).

Hence, social and natural science researchers in collaboration with malaria programme stakeholders will take a participatory approach to devise a conceptual framework for multi-dimensional malaria interventions. Papua New Guinea (PNG) with its complex malaria epidemiology serves as a model country. Additionally, based of qualitative inquiries and quantitative data, recommendations for sub-national implementation of tailored interventions in PNG will be made.

The project’s findings seek to inform practitioners and policymakers in other malaria-endemic countries in order to implement the most effective combination of malaria interventions in a given setting.