Background Community engagement (CE) plays a critical role in malaria control and
elimination. CE approaches vary substantially, with more participatory programmes
requiring higher levels of adaptive management. This study evaluates the effectiveness of a
volunteer-based CE programme developed in Haiti in 2018. The approach was based on
local leaders organizing and implementing monthly anti-malaria activities in their
communities, and was implemented as part of Malaria Zero Consortium activities. Methods …

Background: Community engagement (CE) plays a critical part in malaria control and
elimination efforts. However models of CE for malaria vary substantially, with more
participatory approaches requiring higher levels of adaptive management in program design
and implementation. In this paper, we evaluate the effectiveness of a volunteer-based CE
model developed in Haiti in 2018. This model facilitated local leaders to organize and
implement monthly anti-malaria activities in their communities and was implemented as part …