Diseases – Malaria Consortium Blog

30 June 202030 June 2020Approx reading time: 2 mins

This week, the President’s Malaria Initiative (PMI) celebrates its 15 years at the forefront of the global fight against malaria......read more

3 June 20205 June 2020Approx reading time: 2 mins

Jigawa state sits at the heart of northern Nigeria, the region of the country most severely affected by malaria. Back in March, be......read more

23 April 202024 April 2020Approx reading time: 2 mins

Just off the Masaka to Kampala road lies Kyamuyimbwa, a town of 22,000. Imelda’s house sits along the main road, right in the mi......read more

22 April 20206 May 2020Approx reading time: 3 mins

Seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) is an essential health service that saves lives. This remains the case despite the COVID-19......read more

20 April 2020Approx reading time: 2 mins

Malaria in pregnancy is a serious public health issue. It kills an estimated 10,000 women globally every year, and substantially r......read more

7 February 202010 February 2020Approx reading time: 2 mins

‘It is overwhelmingly clear that, without a breakthrough on pneumonia, the 2030 goal of ending preventable child deaths will nev......read more

22 November 20197 February 2020Approx reading time: 3 mins

Community health workers across the world currently use respiratory rate as a proxy sign for pneumonia. But this technique is far ......read more

22 November 201916 January 2020Approx reading time: 3 mins

What is a breath? Pneumonia is one of the biggest killers in the world. Every year, it causes the death of more than 800,000 c......read more

Malaria Consortium is presenting four posters on one project at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene annual meeti......read more

14 October 201914 October 2019Approx reading time: 5 mins

The moment a community distributor gives a cup of life-saving malaria medicine to each of six million children across the Sahel re......read more