Surveillance and response is the bedrock of resilient health systems: Q&A with Arantxa Roca-Feltrer
Malaria Consortium and COVID-19: Prioritising public health
Seasonal malaria chemoprevention and COVID-19: one year on
One woman’s impact in the fight against malaria
COVID-19 adaptations: “Trainings are best in person, but until then, I’m logged in!”
Celebrating International Day of Women and Girls in Science
How we build climate resilience into our malaria response
Celebrating our Dr Sylvia Meek scholars: Schobiechah Aldillah Wulandhari
Can the near-eradication of polio give us hope in the fight against malaria?
Publication snapshot of 2020
Our top blogs of 2020
Health sector resilience provides the roadmap to UHC
Looking to 2021 – the scope for SMC in the future
World Pneumonia Day 2020: Q&A with Dr Kevin Baker
Strong partnerships make for successful programmes
How mosquitoes adapt to, and are shaped by, human interventions: A niche construction perspective
The power of a role model in fighting disease
Adapting seasonal malaria chemoprevention during a pandemic
What we can learn from COVID-19 led behaviour change in tackling our next greatest threat – AMR
In conversation with Hana Bilak, Malaria Technical Advisor at PATH
How COVID-19 has affected SMC supply chains
Celebrating success – LLIN distribution in South Sudan during COVID-19
In conversation with Janice Apilado, Asia Pacific Leaders Malaria Alliance Secretariat (APLMA) / Asia Pacific Malaria Elimination Network (APMEN)
Happy anniversary, PMI
Floods in Uganda underline the need for climate resilience
New town hall meetings in Nigeria lead to concrete commitments on malaria funding
Innovating and adapting during COVID-19
Insights from a remote scoping and validation exercise: digitalising seasonal malaria chemoprevention
Will a vaccine end the fight against malaria?
From the field: ‘The village health volunteer is a hero’
Keeping SMC beneficiaries and distributors safe during COVID-19
Imelda’s story: From tragedy to a healthy future
Our statement on COVID-19 and SMC
Lessons from Ouagadougou: Seasonal malaria chemoprevention in urban contexts
Malaria poses a serious risk to pregnant women. What can be done to protect them?
From the field: ‘We have witnessed a drastic reduction in cases of malaria’
The moment antimicrobial drugs stop working
Introducing Future Health
Photo story: Supporting women through motherhood
The women transforming healthcare delivery in Ethiopia
The world’s first dedicated global pneumonia event
Our hopes for global health in 2020
Our top 5 blogs of 2019
Our top 5 publications of 2019
Q&A with Rilwanu Mohammed, SMC Project Manager in Sokoto, Nigeria
A new online portal for vector biologists
Training entomologists to tackle malaria in Asia Pacific
Integrating birth notification into South Sudan’s community-based primary healthcare
Celebrating our Dr Sylvia Meek scholars: Funmilayo Ogunkomaya
Counting breaths: an assessment of automated respiratory rate timers
What is a breath? Findings from our BREATHE study
Four posters, one project: MAPD at ASTMH 2019
Female community health workers key in improving child survival in South Sudan
Dust, rain, shocks and power: overcoming mobile health equipment challenges
A step-by-step guide to distributing anti-malaria drugs to six million children
Q&A with Barnabé Zongo, field officer in Burkina Faso
Celebrating our Dr Sylvia Meek scholars: Amos Watentena
Achieving Malaria Consortium’s mission through rigorous research
The school fighting malaria
We must work together to fight antimicrobial resistance
Q&A with Christian Rassi, Malaria Consortium’s SMC programme director
Improving nutrition in Nigeria by breaking down barriers for health workers
We must wake up to the dengue threat – and the other diseases lining up behind
It’s time for a World Dengue Day. Here’s why.
Photo story: Supporting mothers like Madinah
Data is key in the pursuit of Universal Health Coverage
World Health Day 2019: Prioritising the most vulnerable communities to achieve health for all
Bright spots of progress in women’s health, but much work to do
At a glance: community health worker adherence to guidelines for pneumonia using the ChARM device
The ARIDA ChARM acceptability sought to establish whether health extension workers (HEWs) in Ethiopia could correctly adhere to the integrated community case management (iCCM) algorithm for assessing and classifying under five children for fast breathing, as a symptom of pneumonia using the Children’s Respiration Monitor (ChARM) device, produced by Philips.
...read moreFighting malaria in Mozambique – digital health, community engagement and collaborative partnership
Mozambique has the highest burden of malaria in southern Africa, with over 8.5 million cases reported in 2016. Malaria, pneumonia and diarrhoea are attributable to over one third of under five deaths. Read about our work in Mozambique, where we are at the forefront of community and digital health work.
...read moreTackling antibiotic resistance – why it matters and how community dialogue can help
Malaria Consortium was honoured to be chosen by the Wellcome Trust as one of two “Pioneers” identified through a competitive open call to showcase our work on Community Dialogue to address antibiotic resistance in Bangladesh. The project addresses what the general public can do to minimise the spread of antibiotic resistance.
...read moreRutoke’s key influencer sets up a village health club and ‘ambulance fund’
Ernest Masereka, a voluntary community health worker and key influencer from Rutoke village, Uganda, introduced his community to the idea of forming a village health club in December 2017. Village health clubs provide forums at which community members can disseminate messages and address different issues, such as sanitation, health and savings.
...read moreFrom the field: female community health volunteers in Nepal
As part of its Acute Respiratory Infection Diagnosis Aid (ARIDA) project/study, Malaria Consortium (MC) went on a scoping mission to Nepal end of January and visited a Female Health Community Volunteer in a valley outside Kathmandu.
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