Malaria at Teach to Reach 11: how do we measure the value of peer learning?

Join The Geneva Learning Foundation’s malaria programme: https://www.learning.foundation/malaria *Based on The Geneva Learning Foundation partnership impact report presented by Reda Sadki on January 31, 2025* # Why watch the full presentation **🎥 What you will gain:** - Detailed breakdown of the value creation measurement methodology - Specific participant quotes revealing ground-level implementation challenges - Visual data showing Teach to Reach community growth and engagement patterns - Complete explanation of the learning-to-action continuum model - Understanding of how systematic peer learning addresses malaria elimination at scale **⏱️ Time investment:** 15 minutes of presentation that demonstrates how to systematically capture health worker collective intelligence for malaria elimination. **🔗 Essential viewing for:** Malaria programme managers, funders, policy makers, researchers interested in peer learning methodologies, and anyone seeking evidence-based approaches to strengthen health systems through frontline practitioner expertise. The presentation provides rare insight into how systematic collection of health worker experiences can identify implementation gaps and local innovations that traditional surveillance mechanisms miss. Critical viewing for understanding how to translate individual health worker commitment into collective intelligence for accelerating malaria elimination efforts. # Key numbers from the first collaboration between The Geneva Learning Foundation (TGLF) and RBM Partnership to End Malaria **📊 Global reach achieved:** - **24,610** health workers connected globally through Teach to Reach platform - **1,715** participants in December 2024 malaria special event (46 countries) - **424** detailed malaria experiences shared and documented - **70%** of participants work in West/Central Africa high-burden countries **💡 Professional impact measured:** - **29% higher overall impact** vs. global baseline of 10,000+ health workers - **49% stronger professional influence** scores - **45% greater worldview transformation** impact - **41% improved professional practice** application # The breakthrough: quantifying peer learning value in global health **🔍 Health worker collective intelligence:** The presentation reveals how TGLF captures what Reda Sadki calls “situational collective intelligence” through rapid, high-quality field observations from health workers. Unlike traditional surveys, these are detailed contextual narratives from practitioners actively managing malaria cases that can inform both practice and policy. **📈 Evidence-based measurement system:** TGLF has developed the first rigorous framework for measuring professional impact of peer learning in global health. The presentation demonstrates how this creates concrete evidence that peer learning produces quantifiable professional capabilities, not just knowledge transfer - a critical advancement for demonstrating value to funders and implementers. # Four critical themes uncovered through health worker experience sharing Through systematic analysis of 424 malaria experiences shared by frontline practitioners, four recurring challenges are explored: **1. Data quality and use:** Current systems prioritize completeness over accuracy, creating blind spots in understanding actual disease patterns **2. Clinical case management:** Persistent challenges with diagnostic accuracy, treatment protocols, and malaria in pregnancy management **3. Community engagement and vector control:** Cultural barriers to bed net use and environmental management compliance issues **4. Epidemiological surveillance and seasonal response:** Climate change impacts and changing rainfall patterns affecting transmission patterns # Health workers shared stories of progress **🇬🇭 Ghana:** 35% reduction in malaria cases through integrated community campaigns combining drainage maintenance, education, and bed net distribution **🇭🇹 Haiti:** Unprecedented 50% decrease via multi-sectoral collaboration involving health ministry, NGOs, community leaders, and religious organizations **🇰🇪 Kenya:** Community-driven environmental management and collective bed net usage reducing outbreak frequency # The measurement innovation: what, why, and how **👩️ Key findings from participant analysis:** - Women reported higher scores across all dimensions, particularly in professional practice - Community health workers showed highest influence and worldview impact scores - Nurses demonstrated strongest professional change scores - Public health workers showed consistent performance across all dimensions