Focus on Madagascar National Strategy Application (NSA, round 9). NSA funding amounted to US$ 68 million between 2010 and 2012 (Phase 1), and could be extended until September 2015, which would bring overall financial support to US$ 150 million in the period 2010–2015. ••Preventive interventions (ITNs and IRS) are the primary budget items for malaria control, with a relatively small portion of the budget allocated to case management. Madagascar has not reached the Abuja target, whereby 15% of the national budget should be allocated to the health sector. In 2011, the corresponding budget share was 9%. It is difficult to estimate the portion of the national budget allocated for malaria control, as the health-sector budget includes costs related to workers and facilities delivering basic health care, such as hospitals, health centres and laboratories. In this context, a significant increase can be observed in direct domestic funding for malaria control, which was more than 20 times higher over the period 2010–2011 than it was in 2003–2004 (see Figure 4).