World Health Day 2019: Prioritising the most vulnerable communities to achieve health for all
Contemplating how the world achieves universal health coverage (UHC) is a mammoth task. The ambition is to ensure 'health for all'......read more
Rutoke’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 moreEmpowering communities through village health clubs in Uganda
Uganda’s highest disease burden is from child health conditions. In 2015, Malaria Consortium introduced the Integrated Community......read more
Laying the groundwork for a successful field evaluation of the pneumonia diagnostics project
As Programme Coordinator for Malaria Consortium’s pneumonia diagnostics project, I visited Uganda last week to see the preparati......read more
Reducing the risk of malaria in pregnancy in Uganda – observations from the field
Alany and Majole are South Sudanese women living in refugee camps in West Nile province, Northern Uganda. Both are pregnant.
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Malaria Consortium’s Edward Idenu receives best practice award
A child with severe malaria. Photo by William Daniels.
In March, Malaria Consortium was invited to a meeting in Kampala, whic......read more
Preventing malaria through drama and performance
“Our main purpose is to educate communities about malaria - its effects, how it is transmitted and how to avoid it.” Mugoya Mu......read more
Providing mosquito nets for families through school distributions
“When the rainy season comes, our children fall sick because of the weather. It’s malaria, flu, cough – even measles. It aff......read more
Barriers to IPTp uptake in Uganda
Pregnant women are particularly susceptible to malaria partly because of their reduced immunity to the disease, but also because o......read more
Connecting healthcare workers in rural Uganda with mobile technology
Malaria Consortium has encouraged the creation of parish coordinator roles as part of the integrated community case management (iC......read more