233 items related to 'Ethiopia'
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Resources: Poster :
Diagnostic challenges in childhood pneumonia: Lessons learnt in selecting a reference standard for validating new respiratory rate counting aids
In the absence of aetiology-based tools for diagnosing pneumonia, it is essential that community health workers (CHWs) correctly measure a child’s respiratory rate (RR) and classify fast breathing…
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Resources: Poster :
Can community health workers in Ethiopia correctly assess under-fives for symptoms of pneumonia using a new respiratory rate diagnostic aid?
The Acute Respiratory Infection Diagnostic Aid (ARIDA) acceptability study aims to understand if health extension workers in Ethiopia can correctly adhere to integrated community case management…
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Resources: Advocacy brief :
Malaria Consortium and the Sustainable Development Goals
This brochure highlights some of the key ways in which Malaria Consortium is contributing to the Sustainable Development Goals and illustrates the importance of using a multifaceted approach to…
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completedBREATHE: Breath REcognition Aid to Health Experts
An assessment of manual video annotation, as a reference standard for determining Respiratory Rate in Children under 5.
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New pilot intervention in Ethiopia prepares communities for fight against NTDs
The first stage of a new pilot intervention to detect, manage and record neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) at primary healthcare level in Ethiopia has been completed, resulting in the training of…
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Resources: Training materials :
Pneumonia diagnostics: Device selection report
Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of death in children under five, particularly in south Asia and sub-Saharan Africa. Community health workers (CHWs) providing health services in rural and hard…
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Resources: Journal article :
Universal versus conditional third day follow-up visit for children with nonsevere unclassified fever at the community level in Ethiopia: Protocol for a cluster randomized noninferiority trial
BackgroundUnder the World Health Organization’s integrated community case management strategy, febrile children seen by community health workers (on day one) without a diagnosable illness and without…
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Resources: Project brief :
ARIDA field trial: acceptability study
The Acute Respiratory Infection Diagnostic Aids (ARIDA) project aims to evaluate community health workers’ and facility health workers’ use of respiratory rate counting aids on children under five in…
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Resources: Case study :
Health extension workers on a mission to raise awareness of malaria
Integrated Community-based Interventions for Malaria Services (ICIMS) is a three-year James Percy Foundation-funded project that aims to improve the uptake and quality of community-based health…
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Resources: Case study :
Army of women educate the community on malaria
Working alongside health extension workers, health development army volunteers, many of them women, encourage behaviour change by regularly visiting neighbours to teach them about global health…
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Resources: Learning brief :
Reducing the burden of malaria: Investing in social behaviour change communication and community-based health service delivery
Integrated Community-based Interventions for Malaria Services (ICIMS) is a three-year James Percy Foundation-funded project that aims to improve the uptake and quality of community-based health…
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Resources: Infographic :
Communications to change attitudes to malaria in Ethiopia
Malaria Consortium supported the Southern Nations, Nationalities and Peoples’ Region of Ethiopia to improve the use and quality of community-based health services under the James Percy…
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Resources: Annual review :
Trustees' report and financial statements for the year to 31 March 2017
Malaria Consortium's Trustees present their report and the audited financial statements for the year which ended 31 March 2017.
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Resources: Project brief :
Strengthening primary healthcare for neglected tropical diseases in Ethiopia
This pilot tests materials and processes designed to strengthen health workers' capacity to detect, manage and record neglected tropical diseases at the primary healthcare level in Ethiopia.
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COMDIS-HSD granted extension for new study on NTDs in Ethiopia
Malaria Consortium is pleased to announce a two-year extension to the COMDIS-HSD Research Programme Consortium (RPC). This project began in 2011 and has already concluded successful research and…
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Resources: Case study :
Students and teachers fight malaria
This case study highlights the power of knowledge in the fight against malaria. Malaria Consortium worked closely with district health and education offices to promote malaria awareness and improve…
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Investing in Social and Behaviour Change Communication (SBCC) in the fight against malaria
For people living in Ethiopia, where malaria is endemic, long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs) are an important tool for preventing malaria. LLINs, like diagnosis and treatment for malaria in public…
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Pioneers in pneumonia diagnostics: Malaria Consortium experts’ peer-reviewed article published
Malaria Consortium technical specialists have contributed to a unique published peer-reviewed article on pneumonia diagnostic tool preferences from both end users and procurers. The existing…
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completedAcute respiratory infection diagnostic aids - ARIDA
Pneumonia is one of the leading causes of death among children under five globally. Many pneumonia deaths result from late care seeking and inappropriate treatment due to misdiagnosis of…
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Resources: Journal article :
Childhood pneumonia diagnostics: Community health workers’ and national stakeholders’ differing perspectives of new and existing aids
Background Pneumonia heavily contributes to global under-five mortality. Many countries use community case management to detect and treat childhood pneumonia. Community health workers (CHWs) have…