Strengthening country ownership of national antimalarial policymaking: insights from Laos, Pakistan and the Solomon Islands.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The concept of "ownership" in global health policymaking broadly assumes that external donors and advisors expect recipient countries to actively steward their national programmes when assistance is provided. This study specifically explored country ownership of national policy decision-making for Plasmodium vivax malaria using three case studies: Laos, Pakistan and the Solomon Islands.

Methods

Yin's comparative case study model, Kingdon's Multiple Streams policy theory guided this analysis. From 2021 to 2024, interviews were undertaken with 29 national stakeholders, external partners and relevant global stakeholders.

Results

There were four main findings: firstly, national malaria programme respondents expressed strong ownership of internal antimalarial po

SUBMITTER: Ruwanpura VSH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12403353 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature