29 Blog items related to 'Ethiopia'
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The women keeping their village healthy in Ethiopia
In a village in southern Ethiopia, meet the health workers and village leaders on the front lines of the fight against malaria's resurgence in the country.
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How Malaria Consortium helped Ethiopia fight back against severe malaria outbreaks
When climate change fueled Ethiopia's worst malaria outbreak in a decade, trained health workers and local partnerships turned the tide.
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How Malaria Consortium is restoring dignity for people with lymphatic filariasis in Ethiopia
In partnership with the National Podoconiosis Action Network and with support from the END Fund, Malaria Consortium is working to strengthen health systems, raise awareness and provide life-changing…
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Pioneering solutions for community health: Africa's trailblazers
Many countries in Africa have grappled with significant challenges in providing accessible and quality healthcare to their populations due to insufficient infrastructure, shortages of medical…
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Photo story: Global efforts to end malaria boosted on World Malaria Day
In April 2024, Malaria Consortium collaborated with stakeholders around the world to mark World Malaria Day, reinforcing the urgent need to eliminate this deadly disease. Malaria continues to pose a…
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World Malaria Day 2024: Young people engaged through antimalaria school clubs as agents of change in malaria control
Despite being preventable and treatable, malaria threatens the lives of 3.2 billion people around the world. Every year, the disease accounts for hundreds of thousands of deaths, the majority of…
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International Women's Day 2024: Seven ways to make health programmes gender intentional
To successfully reduce the gender equity gap in healthcare, we need to be gender intentional in our health programming. This means identifying and understanding gender inequalities, gender-based…
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Our third year as an Independent Research Organisation: Using research to respond to health inequities and emerging threats
According to the World Health Organization’s State of Inequality: HIV, Tuberculosis and Malaria (2021), diseases including malaria continue to take a disproportionally large toll on marginalised…
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Psychosocial and economic rehabilitation training essential to improve wellbeing for patients with podoconiosis
Header photo by Genaye Eshetu Podoconiosis, also known as a non-filarial elephantiasis, is highly prevalent in the southwestern and central highlands of Ethiopia. The disease results from continued…
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Top reads of 2023
In 2023, alongside continuing our work with communities and governments across Africa and Asia to strengthen health systems, improve access to health services and find solutions to improve health and…
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Artificial intelligence among innovations supporting improved pneumonia diagnosis
Research has a huge role to play in finding innovative ways to defeat pneumonia, the world's leading infectious cause of death in children. Despite being preventable and treatable, pneumonia is…
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Investing in research: Moving the dial for effective, equitable healthcare
Globally, countries in Africa and Asia face the world's highest mortality rates attributable to diseases including malaria, dengue and pneumonia. Research plays a critical role in improving health…
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Photo story: Research explores potential risk of contracting malaria and developing long-term complications following COVID-19 infection
In selected hospitals and COVID-19 treatment centres in Ethiopia and Uganda, teams of physicians, lab technicians, data managers and study coordinators, are working on an innovative research project,…
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Overexposure to volcanic soils causes more than a million people to suffer from effects of neglected tropical disease in Ethiopia
Agriculture in Ethiopia is central to the country's economy. With a variety of crops grown, including coffee, farming is the main source of income - more than 80 percent of the country are engaged in…
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Top reads of 2022
2022 was a busy year at Malaria Consortium! Thanks to our supporters, we were able to work with communities and governments across Africa and Asia to strengthen health systems, improve access to…
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We must do more to increase equitable access to essential health services
According to the World Health Organization (WHO), at least 400 million people still lack access to one or more essential health services. Universal Health Coverage (UHC) is a goal adopted by the…
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Why we must increase access to lifesaving pneumonia interventions for children
As COP27 is underway this week in Sharm el-Sheikh, the world is reminded of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), set by the United Nations, one of which is to catalyse action against climate…
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ASTMH 2022: Transforming health through innovation
In the third and final instalment of our ASTMH blog series, we explore the need to prioritise innovation in public health programming to optimise the impact of interventions and help ensure more…
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Key takeaways from Kigali Summit on Malaria and NTDs
This week, Rwanda’s capital city, Kigali, was bustling – even more so than usual. There was a steady stream of shuttle buses making their way through Central Kigali, darting between the many venues…
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International Women's Day 2022
Diseases expose health inequalities, particularly across parts of Africa and Asia where women, girls and young children are disproportionately affected by diseases like malaria. Often, women and…