Lessons from Ouagadougou: Seasonal malaria chemoprevention in urban contexts Posted on 21 April 2020Approx reading time: 2 mins Since 2013, Malaria Consortium has been a leader in implementing seasonal malaria chemoprevention (SMC) in the Sahel. In Burkina F......read more
Malaria poses a serious risk to pregnant women. What can be done to protect them? Posted on 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
From the field: ‘We have witnessed a drastic reduction in cases of malaria’ Posted on 16 April 202016 April 2020Approx reading time: 2 mins Yamel is a rural community in the Dutsi local government area (LGA) in Nigeria. It has a population of 32,515, predominantly farme......read more
The world’s first dedicated global pneumonia event Posted on 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
Q&A with Rilwanu Mohammed, SMC Project Manager in Sokoto, Nigeria Posted on 19 December 201927 January 2020Approx reading time: 4 mins We interviewed Rilwanu Mohammed, one of Malaria Consortium’s Project Managers on our seasonal malaria chemoprevention progra......read more
Counting breaths: an assessment of automated respiratory rate timers Posted on 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
Four posters, one project: MAPD at ASTMH 2019 Posted on 21 November 201921 November 2019Approx reading time: 2 mins Malaria Consortium is presenting four posters on one project at the American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene annual meeti......read more
Dust, rain, shocks and power: overcoming mobile health equipment challenges Posted on 17 October 201911 March 2020Approx reading time: 2 mins Mozambique’s health challenges are immense: over one third of under-five deaths are attributable to pneumonia, diarrhoea and mal......read more
A step-by-step guide to distributing anti-malaria drugs to six million children Posted on 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
Q&A with Barnabé Zongo, field officer in Burkina Faso Posted on 2 October 20192 October 2019Approx reading time: 4 mins We spoke with Barnabé Zongo, a field officer for Malaria Consortium in Burkina Faso, about his experience of preparing for and su......read more